Boeing CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119.

66-19119

SP4 Ken Brangwin on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 1979.

   66-19119, Boeing build number B-377, was a CH-47B helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 27 June 1967. 66-19119 accumulated 5,330.0 aircraft hours.

   At some point, 66-19119 was assigned C Company - "Haulmark", 159th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

   In 1976, 66-19119 was flown to Fort Eustis, Virginia. The rotor blades and aft pylon were removed to facilitate loading onto a surface vessel for deployment to Europe in support of the annual training exercise Return to Forces Europe (REFORGER). The vessel docked in an unknown port in Belgium where the aircraft was reassembled. 66-19119 then continued on to an unknown location in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Upon completion of REFORGER, 66-19119 returned to Fort Campbell.

   On 22 July 1987, 66-19119 was inducted into the D model program and converted to 87-00101.

   The last known location of 66-19119 was at Boeing during the conversion. Aircraft status: Converted to D model.

SP4 Ken Brangwin on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 1979.

SP4 Ken Brangwin on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 1979. Refueling a Chinook back in the days before the single point refueling came along in the D model meant filling each tank individually and was called over-the wing.

SP4 Ken Brangwin in the left door gunners position on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 1979.

SP4 Ken Brangwin manning the Door Gun on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 1979.

During the Field Training Exercise (FTX) conducted in March of 1979 it rained and rained. The crew of 66-19119 affectionately titled the FTX Operation Mudhook. Some members involved in the FTX are pictured above. Kneeling in the front row, left to right: Salli (rank and first name unknown) and SGT Lazora (first name unknown). Standing, left to right: SP4 Don Sekulich, SP4 Ken Brangwin, SP4 Don Weaver, SP4 Dennis Wise, SP4 Mark Ruschak. See how many rabbit ears you can find...

Hooking up a sling load on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1978.

SP4 Ken Brangwin calling the hook up a sling load on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1978.

Loading a Howitzer inside CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1978.

CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 sitting on the flight line at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1976. That parking spot still looked like that in 2009 (amazing things change slowly)

Changing the Number 1 Engine on CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1976.

Somewhere in Belgium for Return to Forces Europe (REFORGER) - CH-47B Chinook helicopter 66-19119, 1976. On the left is SP4 Mark Ruschak, right is SGT Frank Lowd.