Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16652
The Army purchased this helicopter 0269
Total flight hours at this point: 00000214
Date: 06/01/1969
Incident number: 69060144.KIA
Unit: 20 TC CO
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0150 feet and 075 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: WS883441 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PWS883441)
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 Cockpit
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, ARMAMENT
Casualties = 01 WIA . .
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, 90701,
JSIDR (Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Crew Members:
G SP4 MILLS DAVID LEE KIA
This record was last updated on 07/29/2015
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