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Gallery Article by Ermanno Bonafin on Oct 28 2016

 

      

In a rural area of Vietnam, on May 8, 1967 at 07:00 am starts a recovery operation troops and Med-evac, when the helicopter s / n Basic 148 771 Guang Nam, which is hovering at low altitude, is hit by the tail rotor of a helicopter other coming from his right that cuts the fuselage in two, being able then to land, although heavily. 

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But The helicopter hit is not so lucky, and drops turning on itself out of control on the ground and exploding in a fireball. All four crew members died on impact. This is the tragic end dell'YL39 dell'HMM-263 of the Marine Corps, the subject of my model.

My best.

Ermanno Bonafin

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