evacuation report information
for ARRS

For date 700415


ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
North Vietnam
Location, Dak Nay P
Description: MAJ Travis Wofford and CPT Travis W. Scott, Jr., both won the Air Force Cross during a rescue operation near Dak Nay Puey, Vietnam. Two H-3s were scrambled from Da Nang, Vietnam, to rescue survivors of a downed UH-1. The first H-3 to go into the rescue area made three attempts, but enemy ground fire downed this aircraft, piloted by CPT Scott, who was killed on impact. The copilot, MAJ Wofford, dragged the other two crewmen from the burning aircraft. With his bare hands he extinguished the flames still burning on their bodies. The second H-3 evacuated the survivors of the first H-3 but was unable to rescue personnel in the downed UH-1.
Comments: MAJ Wofford, Travis; copilot; ; CPT Scott, Travis W.; pilot; ;

The source for this information was ARRS History


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