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ASSASSIN-19 Aircrew Monument - Operation Enduring Freedom

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Details:

Next to the Blackhawk Aircrew Monument.

Monument

The monument comprises an upright marble stone topped by an engraving of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade shoulder patch, and includes an inscription remembering the AH-64D Apache helicopter crew members who died during operations over Afghanistan in 2012.

On 28 May 2012, a US Army AH-64D Apache (05-07012, aircrew callsign ASSASSIN-19) from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, based in Ansbach-Katterbach, Germany, crashed in Wardak Province, eastern Afghanistan, during a routine patrol. Both crew members died of wounds sustained in the crash.

Source of information: aviation-safety.net

Source of photo: facebook/12th Combat Aviation Brigade

Monument Text:

In Memory of Assassin 19

AH64D 0507012

 

Operation Enduring Freedom

Wardak Province, Afghanistan

May 28, 2012

 

CPT John Jay Brainard III

CW5 John C. Pratt

 

The legacy of heroes

is the memory of a

great name and

the inheritance of

a great example.

Commemorates:

Units:

12th Combat Aviation Brigade

United States Army Europe

V Corps

Battles:

Operation Enduring Freedom

Other images :