CW4 Dow, Loren K.

NAME: Loren K. Dow
NICKNAME:
RANK: Chief Warrant Officer 4 & GS-13
BRANCH: Army
STATUS: Retired AUS/Civil Service DA
SERVICE: 40 years combined
DOB: 9 September 1929

SERVICE INFORMATION

HOURS FLOWN: 11,500 Rotary / 100 fixed-wing
COMBAT HOURS:
FLT/NCO CLASS: ACHPC 54-L, Ft. Sill, OK
SCHOOL: Troy University
MILITARY SCHOOL: Warrant Officer Senior Course, Class #2
AVN DESIGNATION: Master Army Aviator

AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

Bell 47 D,E,G,H,J,S Bell 205, 206, 212 Allouette II, III Vertol BV-44
Sikorsky S-55, S-55T, S-58, S-61, S-62, S-64 Piasecki H-21, H-25 Hiller 12E, 12E-J, FH100 Hughes 500CD

COMBAT EXPERIENCE

UNIT ASSIGNMENTS

Nov 54 580th Trans Co, FT Bragg, NC
Nov 55 13th Trans Co, Korea
Sept. 56 6th Trans Co, Japan
Mar 58 8th Trans Co, FT Bragg, NC
1133d Air AMB Co, AL National Guard, Montgomery, AL

POSITIONS HELD

A/c Maintenance Officer
Safety Officer
Flight Instructor

DECORATIONS

World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Japan Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Lorea Service Medal

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Aerial Evacuation of 14 refugees, Saigon, Vietnam, April 28, 1975 (commercial all Nippon Airwarys S-61) to Japan via Con San Isle Vietnam, W. Malasia, Singapore, Borneo, Brunei, Sarawak, Phillipines, Taiwan, Okinawa, Kyushu Japan. Two week journey, 50 flying hours.