
Museum
Location & Hours
Pacific Coast Air Museum
2230
Becker Blvd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-575-7900 Phone
707-545-2813 Fax
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Tue
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10:00
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Sat
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10:00
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Requested
Donation
$5.00.
Twelve & Under, None.
Directions & Map
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Aug 67 The U.S. Army acquired
this aircraft from Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth TX.
- Sep-Dec 67 Assigned Company A, 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st Air
Cavalry Division, Republic of Vietnam (RVN) (an Assault Helicopter Company).
- (Operation Bolling, Phu Yen Province).
- 18 Nov 67 Suffered major damage to main rotor during a troop pick-up
from a small LZ
- Jan 68 Assigned 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK
- (Assigned to stateside unit, but stayed in country.)
- Feb 1968-Mar 1969 Assigned Company A, 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st
Air Cavalry Division, RVN.
- (Operation Pershing II, Binh Dinh Province).
- (Operation Jeb Stuart, near the DMV).
- (Operation Pegaus/Lam Son 207 relief of Khe Sanh).
- (Operation Carentan II, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Provinces).
- (Operation Delware/Lam Son 216, A Shau Valley).
- (Operation Jeb Stuart III, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Provinces).
- 02 Aug 68 Suffered major damage to main rotor while landing at Quang
Tri LZ in Shar Province.
- 31 Jan 69 Hit in hover over LZ while dropping troops in Tay Ninh
Province.
- Apr-Aug 69 Assigned Company C, 101st Aviation Battalion, RVN
(Air-mobile Company).
- (Operation Lamar Plain, Quang Tin Province).
- 30 May 69 Suffered damage to main rotor from tree strike while
hovering in LZ, Phu Bai Province.
- Ol Jun 69 Suffered major damage to main rotor from tree strike while
hovering during Med-Evac, Camp Eagle, Phu Bai Province.



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