More detail on this person: Helicopter crash in
the Republic of Korea while acting as a
co-pilot.CW2 Clarence Leland Benoit on 7/18/76
was flying in a UH-1H with US Army Cpt Craven
(Pat, I think) and one crew chief when they flew
into high tension electrical lines in Korea.
Contol tubes were severed and the crash killed all
aboard. Unit was 2nd Avn Bn, 2nd Inf Div, Camp
Casey, ROK. I was a unit IP at the time but did
not witness the accident first hand. They were
lead in a formation flight. All other AC were able
to avoid the other lines. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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