Information on U.S. Air Force helicopter HH-53C tail number 68-8283
Date: 12/05/1969
Incident number: 69120505.KIA
Unit: 40 ARRS
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was an Unknown mission
Unknown this helicopter was in Descent at 0200 feet and 050 knots.
Unknown
Helicopter took 20 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (23MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Bottom
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS, HYDRAULIC SYS, PERSONNEL, FUEL SYS
The foam protecting the fuel tank was effective.
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: MISC, BDART,
00967 (Miscellaneous. Battle Damage Assessment and Reporting Team Report. )
Crew Members:
PJ A1C DAVISON DAVID MICHAEL KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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