evacuation report information
for 37 ARRS
40 ARRS

For date 700630


37 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
40 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
Laos
Description: CPT Leroy C. Schaneberg, 40th ARRS, qualified for the Air Force Cross as a result of operations on 30 June 1970. Piloting an HH-53, CPT Schaneberg and his crew were attempting to rescue an OV-10 pilot who went down in Laos. Earlier attempts by H-3 aircraft from the 37th ARRS had been unsuccessful. On CPT Schaneberg's second pass, he reported heavy ground fire. The aircraft went out of control and crashed about one-fourth mile from the OV-10 crash site. The OV-10 pilots were later picked up by an H-3, but there were no survivors from the HH-53 crash.


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