Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00661
The Army purchased this helicopter 1166
Total flight hours at this point: 00001296
Date: 09/20/1968
Incident number: 68092020.KIA
Unit: 116 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 0100 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 4 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 Cockpit
Systems damaged were: FLT CONTROLS, MAIN ROTOR SYS, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 WIA . .
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft took off, fully flight capable.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P3, 26401 ()
Crew Members:
P WO1 CLEMMER DERRELL W KIA
This record was last updated on 12/15/2004
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