Douglas Mead Woodland
Specialist Five
C CO, 229TH ASLT HELO BN, 11TH AVN GROUP, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Scottsdale, Arizona
September 06, 1951 to September 26, 1970
DOUGLAS M WOODLAND is on the Wall at Panel W7, Line 95

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Douglas M Woodland
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The Mission

On 26 September C Company, 229th Aviation Battalion, launched five UH-1 helicopters on a formation flight from Bien Hoa to Fire Support Base Green. The aircraft formed up in a "V" formation and climbed through an overcast to visual flight conditions on top at 4,000 feet ASL. While enroute, the flight leader (WO Bauer in UH-1H 68-16123) directed a spread formation for the purpose of conducting aircraft checks. UH-1H 68-15648 was in left echelon on the flight lead. During the checks, 68-15648 accelerated forward and drifted right, impacting the lead aircraft's tail boom. Both aircraft departed controlled flight and disappeared into the clouds, impacting the ground about 250 meters apart. All eight crewmen died in the crash:
  • Aboard UH-1H tail number 68-16123:
    • WO1 Robert Ernest Bauer, aircraft commander and flight lead
    • 1LT Warren Stephen Lawson, copilot
    • SP5 Douglas Mead Woodland, crew chief
    • SP4 Robert Albert Painter, Jr., gunner

  • Aboard UH-1H tail number 68-15648:
    • WO1 Mark Richard Holtom, aircraft commander
    • CPT Francis Jordan Sullivan, copilot
    • SGT Donald Allen Hall, Jr., crew chief
    • SP4 Ernest Hammond Laidler, gunner

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