Helicopter AH-1G 67-15835


Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15835
The Army purchased this helicopter 1168
Total flight hours at this point: 00000230
Date: 04/28/1969
Incident number: 69042888.KIA
Unit: B CO 1 AVN 1 INF
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 1000 feet
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT763735 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT763735)
Helicopter took 2 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Casualties = 01 KIA, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter made an Emergency Landing.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
P WO1 JENKINS BERT MC CREE KIA

This record was last updated on 05/25/1998


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