Surprised at Being Alive: An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond (16 page)

CH-47C with 8,000 pounds of 105mm artillery ammunition, Camp Eagle, RVN, 1971.

Gravity hot refueling a CH-47C, RVN, 1971.

An M-60 gunner’s view over RVN, 1971.

CH-47F ready for night flight on the deck of the USS
Guam,
1989.
Photo
courtesy of David Libbey

CW2 Curtis in the cockpit of a CH-47, August, 1971.

Clearing a site for a fire support base in Northern I Corps, Vietnam, via napalm, 1971.

CW2 Curtis with Kentucky National Guard UH-1H, 1973.

Bob Curtis and his son, Master Rob Curtis, with an OH-58A Kiowa at Blue grass Field, Lexington, Kentucky, 1974.

Captain Bob Curtis in an HMM-264 CH-46F Sea Knight, France, 1986.

In Sardinia, 1986.

HMM-264 CH-46F Sea Knights on the deck of the USS
Guam,
1977.

Major Bob Curtis, 2nd from right, in front of a CH-46E, Morocco, 1988.

Curtis with an 846 Squadron Sea King MK IV, Northern Norway, 1984.