Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16385
The Army purchased this helicopter 1068
Total flight hours at this point: 00000070
Date: 04/27/1969
Incident number: 69042727.KIA
Unit: A/2/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
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)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: 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: LNOF, 90479, CASRP (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Crew Members:
OB SP5 AUSTIN ALBERT DELGADO JR KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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