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Books about the OH-6A

If you are interested in learning more about the colorful, dynamic history of the OH-6, we can recommend LOACH! The Story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter by Wayne Mutza and LOW LEVEL HELL A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One by Hugh L. Mills, Jr. Excerpts from these fascinating books are listed below.

LOW LEVEL HELL

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LOW LEVEL HELL
A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One.

Hugh L. Mills, Jr.

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As the convoy charged north, we flew south, blistering along at well over one hundred knots, Parker working with his M-60 from the right side of the aircraft. His tracers were impacting on the spider holes as we ripped past, his targets not more than ten to twenty yards from his muzzle. We were so low that if someone had reached up out of a truck or tank turret, they probably could have caught our skid.

Suddenly, not more than a hundred yards to my front, a five-thousand gallon tanker truck took a direct RPG hit, and the diesel fuel it was carrying exploded like a nuclear bomb. Sheets of flame, parts of the truck, smoke and dust shot up, momentarily blinding me. The little OH-6 lurched violently with the shock of the explosion, as though a giant unseen fist had landed a smashing blow to the nose of the aircraft.

I jerked aft as hard as I could on the cyclic and yanked in a load of collective. The resulting g's nearly sent my buttocks through the armor plate in the bottom of my seat. I don't know how Parker was able to hang on.

As the fast-reacting Loach wrenched up over the eruption, I said silently, "God bless this helicopter!" Hugh L. Mills, Jr.

From LOW LEVEL HELL A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One by Hugh L. Mills, Jr.

Sling loadedA Loach of HHC Aviation Section, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division is sling loaded by a 5th TC Huey back to Camp Eagle in August 1969. (Joe Gwizdak)


LOACH!LOACH!
The Story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter.

Wayne Mutza

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