Details: UH-1C Huey - Frog Gunship, Ace of Spades, US Army, Vietnam

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HH1004	Corgi	UH-1C Huey - Frog Gunship, Ace of Spades, US Army, Vietnam	£ 0.00
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	Fabulous 1/72 scale model of the UH-1C Huey Frog Gunship #64-14170 "Ace of Spades", US Army, Vietnam There were 766 Bell UH-1C helicopters built in several equipment modified variants. One was the "Frog" equipped with side-mounted XM-158 twin rocket pods each holding seven 2.75 inch rockets. The "M-5" fitted the gunship with a nose turret mounting an M-75 40 mm automatic anti-personnel grenade launcher that held 300 anti-personnel grenades. The crews referred to these as "Chunkers" because of the sound when the grenades were fired. The infamous "Shark" gunships were created in 1966 when permission was granted to use the fearsome looking "Sharks Mouth" on the front of the Hueys. In 1971 the 174th AHC was part of the disastrous Operation Lam Son 719 in Laos. On Wednesday March 3, 1971 UH-1C #64-14170 "Ace Of Spades" was crewed by pilot Gary Harter, co-pilot Morgan Mills, door gunner Pat Wade and crew-chief Bob Jansen. UH-1C #170 and another UH-1C were flying escort for some news people as well as supporting an assault on LZ Lolo. During the action both "Frogs" were brought down by fire from multiple guns in the area. #170 landed beside QL9 (Highway 9, basically a dirt road) and the crew were safely picked up.

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