Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 66-16991
The Army purchased this helicopter 1167
Total flight hours at this point: 00002797
Date: 04/02/1970
Incident number: 70040202.KIA
Unit: 121 AHC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XS003681 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXS003681)
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:
G SGT VASPORY WILLIAM LOUIS KIA
CE SP4 SILVA THOMAS JOSEPH KIA
G SP5 COFFMAN CLYDE LEE KIA
War Story:
This was TIGER SURPRISE flown by WO Ed Skuza. A Pacific Stars and Stripes article dated 19 Aug 70 describes this event in some detail. What follows is an edited version of that article.
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023
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