Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-07818
The Army purchased this helicopter 1067
Total flight hours at this point: 00000221
Date: 02/04/1968
Incident number: 68020404.KIA
Unit: C/3/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and 060 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)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
DAU TIENG recovered the helicopter. for 45.00
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNOF, 80156, FM232 (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. )
Crew Members:
CE PVT BRIDGES WILLIAM LEE KIA
This record was last updated on 02/28/2009
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