usa Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264

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HMM-264 :

1959 to 2009    


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Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264
Black Knights, tail code EH

1959 - Marine Transportation Squadron Light 264 (HMRL-264)
        1959-1968 - HUS-1 / CH-34D
1962 - HMM-264
        1968-1970 - CH-46D
        1970-1984 - CH-46F
        1984-2009 - CH-46E
2009 - VMM-264

1979, while stationed aboard USS Guam on MED, 3 helicopters went down during the same landing operation, one was an AH1, The AH1 pilot, and gunner were killed when they flew into a high tension line. HMM-264 /EH-10 157668 (maybe) crashed while responding to the AH1 crash, but it was only lightly damaged, the hilo was recovered. A CH53 was lost when it lost an engine during backload to the ship and had to ditch in the water. Because of sensitive equipment aboard and the water was too deep for recovery,the aircraft and cargo was destroyed. If you know anyone who was on this MED when all this happened I would like to hear from them. I have a couple of pictures of the HH 46 being defueled
I was a 53 hyd doorgunner the 53 crew that when into the MED was Crewchief Lugo Careia, First Mech David Futral, we called him Kentuck
I was there during this situation.Was skid kid and assigned with 264 on the med 1979 I was a door gunner as well we know each other
1978-1981, I was a Crew Chief in HMM-264 Ch-46 aircraft /EH-08 156473. As for the AH-1 crash I was the first on the crash scene and helped get the pilots out of what was left of the helo. then put them on my bird and flew them back to the Guam. I was also the first on the scene with the Navy SAR team when the CH-53 that dropped into the Med when they were on final approach
1983, HMM-264 served in the Beirut Deployment
Jan/Jun 1983, I was with this unit when it was deployed to Beruit, Lebanon

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1968/09107M H-46 Sea Knight
1959/68S-58 H-34


09-oct-9912-oct-99 San Francisco Fleet Week 1999

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