Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15085
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000865
Date: 05/10/1969
Incident number: 69051055.KIA
Unit: B/25 AVN 25 INF
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was in Descent at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT493144 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT493144)
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 04 DOI . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense
Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis
Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, UH1P3, 13001 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 STAHLSTROM ALLAN EMILE KIA
P WO1 THOMAS ROY STEPHEN KIA
CE SP5 BYOUS MARCUS RANDOLPH KIA
G SP4 KUPCHINSKAS PAUL NORMAN KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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