Decomposed > Wow. I doubt he did it alone. I hope every member of his crew received the same honor.
I'm thinking the Huey could be flown by one pilot . . . And given the volume of fire I suspect before it was over the pilot was the only crew on it.
This site tells more about the UH-1 . . And suggests the normal air crew would have been four.
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http://www.vietnamhelicopters.org/uh-1h-huey/
Crews
In Vietnam the UH-1 had a crew of four: Aircraft Commander (A/C), Co-pilot or “Peter Pilot,” Crew Chief (C/E) and Door Gunner.
The Aircraft Commander, as his name implied, was in command of the aircraft at all times while on a mission. The Co-pilot assisted the Aircraft Commander in the air and flew the aircraft as needed.
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Definitely a Hero.
Zim.
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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