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- At about 4:20 pm on October 3, 1993, one of the Black Hawks, Super 61, piloted by CW3 Cliff “Elvis” Wolcott and CW3 Donovan “Bull” Briley, was shot down by an RPG-7. Both pilots were killed in the resulting crash and two of the crew chiefs were severely wounded.
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About 16:40, a Black Hawk with the callsign Super 64 and piloted by Michael Durant was orbiting almost directly over the wreckage of Super 61. It was spotted by Yusuf Dahir Mo'alim, commander of a seven-man SNA RPG team that was slowly moving up towards the first crash site.
The first phase of the assault went well, but shortly after an initial step, one of the Army’s Black Hawk helicopters providing insertion and air support to the assault team, was shot down and crashed the downtown in the hostile controlled area. Helicopter with call sign Super 61 (Super Six One).
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16:54 – HMMWV convoy abandons Black Hawk Super 6-1 search. The Lost Convoy, with more than half of its force either wounded or dead, abandons its search for the first downed Black Hawk and begins fighting its way back to the base.
- Sarah Roller
- Somalia was in the midst of a bloody civil war at the start of the 1990s. Somalia began to experience political unrest in the late 1980s as people began to resist the military junta that had been controlling the country.
- It was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. In 1992, President George H. W. Bush decided to involve the US military with UN peacekeeping forces in an attempt to restore order in Somalia.
- The aim was to seize 2 high-profile military leaders. The American military task force Ranger was dispatched to capture 2 of Aidid’s leading generals, Omar Salad Elmim and Mohamed Hassan Awale.
- US Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in the attempt. The ground convoys ran into road blocks and protests from the citizens of Mogadishu, setting the mission off to an inauspicious start.
Dec 6, 2021 · A combat search and rescue team was inserted at Super 61’s crash site by a Black Hawk designated Super 68. Super 68’s pilot was then Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dan Jollota, who was able to allow the team to reach the ground despite being hit by an RPG during insertion.
Oct 3, 2017 · First Black Hawk Shot Down: At approximately 16:20, Black Hawk callsign Super 61 piloted by CW3 Cliff “Elvis” Wolcott and CW3 Donovan Briley, was shot down by an RPG. Both pilots were...
60 Minutes told the story of the Super 6-1 recovery of a Black Hawk helicopter shot down over Mogadishu, Somalia, during a 1993 US special forces operation. In a small, unmarked alley, Logan and 60 Minutes cameras looked back on the Super 6-1 tragedy .
