Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08646
Date: 04/19/1965
Incident number: 65041923.KIA
Unit: 119 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Close Air Support
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0100 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 7 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (14.5MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Forward area
Systems damaged were: TAIL ROTOR, MAIN ROTOR SYS, STRUCTURE, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P1, 01025,
CASRP, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
P CPT WALKER ROBERT DONALD KIA
This record was last updated on 05/29/2007
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