Pegnitz CH-47A (66-19023) Rotor Blade
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At the center of the memorial site.
Commemorative ObjectA rotor blade mounted on a stone base serves as a symbol of the CH-47A Chinook helicopter (serial number 66-19023) that crashed on August 18, 1971.
On 21 June 2021, the U.S. Army 12th Combat Aviation Brigade presented the CH-47 Chinook rotor blade to the people of Pegnitz at a ceremony on Pegnitz Airfield, Germany, for inclusion in the Memorial Site in preparation for a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crash.
Source of information: www.khk-pegnitz.de
Monument Text:
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Aviation Group
2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
4th Aviation Company, 15th Aviation Group
7th Army
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Army Europe
Wars:
Cold War
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