Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 67-15620
The Army purchased this helicopter 0568
Total flight hours at this point: 00001054
Date: 05/04/1970
Incident number: 700504352ACD Accident case number: 700504352 Total loss or fatality Accident
Unit: B/4/77 ARA 101 ABN
This was an Operational Loss caused by an accident by Mid-Air Collision with the mission function of Armed Escort
The station for this helicopter was Camp Eagle in South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD474108 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD474108)
Casualties = YES . . Number killed in accident = 2 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
Search and rescue operations were Not Required
costing 0
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center AVDAC database. Defense Intelligence Agency
Helicopter Loss database. Army Aviation Safety Center database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report.
)
Loss to Inventory and Helicopter was not recovered
Crew Members:
P WO1 BONNEAU DEAN LOUIS KIA
P CPT WINFREY DOUGLAS NELSON KIA
This record was last updated on 04/15/2004
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