LIU HERBERT

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Name: CPT Herbert Liu
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/27/1963 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Service: .
Unit: AIR AMERICA
Service: .
Short Summary: Crashed on drop to BPP in Thailand.
Aircraft: C-47 tail number B-815
Country: Thailand
Primary cause: NEED DETAILS

Additional information about this casualty:
Was a Chinese National. In November, 1959 he became the fourth Air America trained helicopter pilot and would serve with Dale Williamson's H-19 helicopter operations in Laos. About June, 1960, he returned to flying fixed-wing when Air America hired their first few ex-Marine helicopter pilots.

This record was last updated on 01/02/1998


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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023


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