221st Aviation Company "Shotguns"

Welcome to the 221st Aviation Company "Shotguns".

This page is dedicated to the men who served in the 221st from its activation on 23 March 1965 to its deactivation 10 October 1971. The unit flew the L-19 or O-1 Bird Dog.

I apologize for any errors or omissions as the records keeping for this period of time were incomplete in many instances. Many hours of research have gone into this project. The information is public knowledge, so feel free to share it, however I ask you respect my effort. Full credit is given to the authors of all documents and pictures.

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"SPONSORS"

Through the generous donations from the following individuals, this Website is able to continue growth and development. Their donations have enabled me to retrieve four years worth of morning reports, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969. The morning reports from 1967 were so severely deteriorated that they were unreadable. I still have to journey back to Saint Louis to retrieve the reports from 1970 and 1971. I wish to personally thank the following individuals for their support.
Hank Collins
William Poor
Donald Modica
Jimmy McGraw
George Cook
Ron Easley
Your contributions will be will be put to good use and provide improvements to the site. If you wish to
make a contribution, my address is on the "Contact" page.

Monte