Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46A tail number 150944
Date: 02/01/1968 MIA-POW file reference number: 1019
Incident number: 68020122.KIA
Unit: HMH-265
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Troop Insertation , Recon Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was Landing at 0100 feet and 100 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: AT842691 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PAT842691)
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (RPG)
The helicopter was hit in the Aft area causing an Explosion.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, HYDRAULIC SYS
Casualties = 01 KIA, 10 INJ . .
The helicopter made an Emergency Landing. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Destroyed by friendly forces
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Reference Notes. Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database.
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: 1019, NSC,
BOING, CASRP, CH46 (Naval Safety Center. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Passengers and/or other participants:
CPL MURDOCK MICHAEL GEORGE, MC, PX, KIA
This record was last updated on 09/01/2007
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