OH-6A
LZ Sally, 101st Airborne Division, Headquarters Company, 2nd brigade
I Corps, Vietnam
1969 - 1970

This aircraft was flying a search mission in the Ashau Valley.  It had a Cobra as cover.  The pilot was shot and the observer, who was not a pilot, took the controls.  The Cobra was able to talk the observer in to flying it back to LZ Sally.  He crashed while trying to land.  The observer was able to walk away from the crash.  The pilot was already dead.

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