Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 64-13997
Date: 07/01/1966
Incident number: 66070101.KIA
Unit: A/501 AVN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
for Close Air Support
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0800 feet and 090 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: ELECTRICAL SYS, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any 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, 00358,
JSIDR, CASRP (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
G CPL MCGEE RICHARD WAYNE KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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