Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-01185
The Army purchased this helicopter 0167
Total flight hours at this point: 00002074
Date: 03/15/1970
Incident number: 70031515.KIA
Unit: A/227 AVN
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
Cambodia
UTM grid coordinates: YU267402 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PYU267402)
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (B-40 RKT)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 03 WIA, 01 DOI . .
Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
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, LNNF, CASRP, FM385, CRAFX, JSIDR (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 YOUNG ROBERT FRANCIS KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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