Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 153372
Date: 03/06/1970
Incident number: 70030606.KIA
Unit: HMM-262
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Rescue of Persons
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 29 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM, 12.7MM)
Systems damaged were: ELECTRICAL SYS, ENGINE, HYDRAULIC SYS, TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYS, PERSONNEL, MAIN ROTOR SYS
Casualties = 01 KIA, 02 WIA . .
Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: NSC, CH46 (Naval Safety Center. )
Crew Members:
CE LCP WILSON JEFFREY LYNN KIA
War Story:
Per HMM-262 CmdChron their incident resuted in "substantial damage to the aircraft, two WIAs and one fatality." The descriptions of the incidents match - CmdChron & VHPA both say "On 06 Mar a Marine CH-46D went into a hot p/u zone on a rescue mission, got all shot up, had one killed and two
wounded."
This record was last updated on 08/07/2007
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