Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 66-14393
The Army purchased this helicopter 0268
Total flight hours at this point: 00000943
Date: 06/03/1970
Incident number: 70060303.KIA
Unit: B/7/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While in Operations Area this helicopter was at Level Flight at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Unknown groundfire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Additional crash damage
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: LNNF, CASRP (Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
OB SP5 DUGAN EDWARD MICHAEL KIA
OB SP4 WEBB EARL RAY JR KIA
War Story:
Please note: This was a mid air collision between two LOHs caused by receiving hostile fire. They were 66-14393 and 67-16444. The two observers listed with this record were not on the same helicopter, but we do not know which one belongs to which helicopter. If you can help, please let us know.
This record was last updated on 09/24/2010
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