Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 65-09422
The Army purchased this helicopter 0166
Total flight hours at this point: 00000686
Date: 08/09/1967
Incident number: 67080999.KIA
Unit: C/1/9 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0250 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BS323493 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBS323493)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 04 DOI . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNOF, 73378, HDSV, CASRP, FM232 (Operations Report.
Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P WO1 ROCHKES FRANCIS ALBERT KIA
AC CPT THOMPSON ROBERT ACQUINN KIA
CE SP4 MORAN RAY EDWARD JR KIA
OB 1LT FIDEL HONORIO MORAN JR KIA
This record was last updated on 07/17/2021
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