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McANDREWS, MICHAEL WILLIAM
Name: Michael William McAndrews
Rank/Branch: W1/US Army
Unit: 18th Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Birth: 17 August 1948 (Kenosha WI)
Home City of Record: Ft. Lauderdale FL)
Date of Loss: 23 December 1970
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 125821N 1092507E (CQ285345)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: U1A
Other Personnel in Incident: Gary P. Booth; Bain W. Wiseman (missing)
REMARKS: A/C BROKE UP - SAR NEG - J
SYNOPSIS: On December 23, 1970, WO1 Michael W. McAndrews, aircraft commander;
WO1 Bain W. Wiseman, pilot; and SP4 Gary P. Booth, crew chief, were flying a
U1A "Otter" aircraft (tail number 55-3298), call sign Reliable 298, on a
courier mission over South Vietnam.
At 1845 hours, trained observers on the ground reported seeing an aircraft,
later determined to be Reliable 298, break up in mid-air about 10 miles south
of Tuy Hoa Air Base. Information indicates that Reliable 298 may have been on
fire at the time it broke up. The observers reported that the aircraft broke
into two parts, and that these parts crashed in the vicinity.
U.S. Army helicopters arrived shortly after the incident and began an
unsuccessful search for survivors. Aerial searches the next day were
supplimented by ground searches along the nearby beaches. While parts of the
aircraft and individual flight equipment were found along the beach, no trace
was found of survivors.
It was the opinion of the U.S. Army that the crew of Reliable 298 died when it
went down on December 23, 1970. Because no remains were found, all the crew was
listed among the nearly 2500 Americans missing from the Vietnam war.
For others who are missing, determination of death is not possible. Some of the
missing were last seen being led away by enemy troops. A few wrote home from
POW camps, but were not released at the end of the war. Others were in radio
contact with search and rescue teams and advised them of their imminent capture.
Since the war ended, thousands of reports have accumulated indicating that
hundreds of Americans are still alive, captives of our long-ago enemy. While
the crew of Reliable 298 may not be among them, their deaths have little
meaning until this war is completely ended - and all Americans come home.