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Black Hawk Super Six-One Shot Down in Mogadishu
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During a raid to capture advisors of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the leader of the Somali National Alliance, Black Hawk Super Six-One was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu. Pilots Chief Warrant Officers Cliff ‘Elvis’ Walcott, and Donovan ‘Bull’ Briley pitched the helicopter's nose down purposefully at the last second, ensuring that the pilots absorbed the impact, saving the lives of the crew in the back. Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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Before Warrant can respond, the RPG
round flashes skyward and hits the tail
of Super 6-1.
The Black Hawk enters an uncontrollable
spin.
The Rangers of Chalk 2 hear the impact
and watch in horror as one of their own
helicopters spins erratically around the
sky, smoke trailing from its tail.
The radio net erupts into panicked
calls.
Delta operator Sergeant Jim Smith isn't
wearing his seatbelt and desperately
holds onto a crew seat, the spin pulling
his legs outside the door of the
aircraft as it descends.
In the cockpit, Wolcott coolly and in an
unceremonious fashion asks his co-pilot,
"Hey Bull, you going to pull the PCLs
off line or what?" A procedure to
attempt to control the spin.
It's no use and still maintaining his
composure, Wolcott makes one last radio
transmission. 6-1 going down.
The Black Hawk clips a roof and plows
into the street below, falling over onto
its side in a ball of dust and debris.
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