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AW1 Peter Anthony "Sid" Ware
HSL-94 SH-2F
BUNO: 150150
Born: January 11, 1964
Died: May 14, 1990
Hometown: Unknown |
Tail rotor gear box departed the aircraft, the CG shifted forward, and flight was unrecoverable. Apparently they were at about 400' AGL. Sid is buried at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetary, Annville, PA Section 9-C, Site 106.
Shipmates Comments:
AW1 John A. Lopez:
Sid came to the Titans of HSL-94 from HSL Norfolk. He brought to the shop
much needed fleet experience as well as a sense of humor. I can remember him
now calling all the TARS, that had never served, "boot camps". We could
always depend on Sid supporting our flight schedule in the middle of the
week as well as non drill weekends when the squadron was still flying.
Hence, the reason he was flying back from AUTEC that fateful day instead of
flying some cushy airlines the Reserves would set up so they (Reservists)
could get home on time vice breaking down during the cross country. Sid grew
up in South Africa, but died serving the greatest country. We lost four
shipmates that day and Sid is missed by all AW's, past and present.
AW2 (Civ.) Marty Henderson:
I knew Sid when we were in the RAG together. Sid was
dismissed from the Navy for cancer surgery and was taken out of flight status. Not sure how he got into the Reserves and back into flight status, but his dedication to be an AW as plainly obvious. He will be missed!
Media Articles:
4 Die in Navy Copter Crash
N.Y. Times, May 15, 1990
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., May 14 (AP)--A Navy helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off this resort a few miles south of Jacksonville today and all four people aboard were killed, the Navy said. Divers found the bodies in the fuselage, said a spokesman at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station. It was on its way from the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center in the Bahamas to its home base at Willow Grove, Pa.