More detail on this person: LT LUDWIG, JOHN
ELMER, III, HA(L)-3 Detachments 1 & 9, 12/7/1969
to 12/1/1970, Transferred to HS-7 after HA(L)-3.
Died on 11/22/1980 in Midair Collision test flight
of prototype YAH-64.
http://armyaircrews.com/apache.html (Last entry
at bottom of page)
22 NOV 80
John E. Ludwig [P]
James W. Grouix [P]
California Hughes Helicopters #79-23257
Mid-air collision with a T-28 just offshore of
Seacliff Park in Encinitas during test flight of
YAH-64. Photographer William L. Freeman was
killed in the T-28 and pilot parachuted to safety.
Related News Article:
http://armyaircrews.com/images/news/112280_ah6
4.gif Bodies of Three Men Killed in Midair
Collision Recovered Encinitas (AP): The bodies of
two pilots and a flight photographer have been
recovered from the wreckage of a prototype
military helicopter and an Army plane that
collided in mid-air over the ocean this weekend.
The two test pilots taken from the Hughes
Helicopters YAH-64 Sunday have been identified as
John E. Ludwig, 34, of Bonita and James W.
Grouix, 37, of Carlsbad. The body of 56 year old
William L. Freeman of San Clemente was also
retrieved from the remnants of the Army T-28 from
which he was photographing the test flight when
the two planes crashed Saturday about
three-fourths off a mile of Seacliff Park.
From: Dan Arnes
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