Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16553
The Army purchased this helicopter 1268
Total flight hours at this point: 00000564
Date: 04/15/1970
Incident number: 70041525.KIA
Unit: A/7/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0020 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YB923415 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PYB923415)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Tail Section
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, STRUCTURE
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter Crashed. 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, JSIDR, CRAFX, FM385, CASRP (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
OB SP4 SLAGLE LARRY RAY KIA
This record was last updated on 11/11/1998
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