Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-16327
The Army purchased this helicopter 1069
Total flight hours at this point: 00000289
Date: 02/19/1970
Incident number: 70021919.KIA
Unit: F/8 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: BT122227 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PBT122227)
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 1LT TOMLIN JAMES C A
P WO1 ISTA GARY W
CE SP4 HARDIN JAMES RICHARD KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
SP4 BULLARD ARTHUR J, AR, PX
SP4 POTTS LARRY M, AR, PX
PFC LOMBARD MICHAEL L, AR, PX
SP4 DELGRADO GEORGE B, AR, PX
SGT WHITEHURST GREGORY, AR, PX
SP4 PHILLIPS DAVID N, AR, PX
War Story:
From the Division TOC reports:
19Feb70 Entry#75 at 1750 hours.
(C) 196th Bde, Sp Parks, F/8th Cav, BT121225 at 1320H-1455H. Blues inserted at the above location & received heavy Small Arms & Automatic Weapons Fire from North and South with negative casualties. 1455: Blues were extracted. Lift ship experienced rotor difficulties and crashed. Result: 9X US wounded in action requiring evacuation and one U.S. killed in action. Chinook called to recover slick. Recovery CH-47 received small arms fire with no casualties or damage. UH-1H will be totally destroyed. Notify AAE, MAJ White.
19Feb70 Entry #95 at 2120 hours.
(U) AAR, *Maj Ivey, F/8th Cav, (EN) BT121225 at 1400H, ref DJF entry #75 UH-1H during Blues Extraction, received heavy SA/AW cal .30 fire.
Received unknown number of hits. crashed from 50 feet. Result: 1 US KIA, 9 US WIA(E). Aircraft combat loss, Notify III Marine Amphibious Force, Sergeant Weston.
*Maj Ivey, was listed as the commander of F/8th Cav in 1969.
These are the casualties from the lift ship Blue Ghost crash of February 19, 1970.
SP4 Hardin, James R. (COD Skull Fracture).
SP4 Bullard, Arthur J. 11B 91st Evac. Lac(R)eye, chest pains.
SP4 Potts, Larry M. 11B 91st Evac FX(R)elbow&back injury
PFC Lombard, Michael L 11B 91st Evac Broken (L) arm
SP4 DelGrado, George B 11B 91st Evac Injury Right shoulder
WO1 Ista, Gary W. 62B 91st Evac Back Pains
1LT Tomlin, James C. A. 62B 91st Evac Back injury
SGT Whitehurst, Gregory 11B 91st Evac Lac forehead (B) hands
SP4 Phillips, David N. 11B 91st Evac Abrasions face, shin
This record was last updated on 10/14/2007
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