Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00712
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Date: 02/18/1971
Incident number: 71021844.KIA
Unit: 48 AHC
Laos
Casualties = 01 KIA . . Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: War Story as related by a witness.
Crew Members:
AC 1LT MARSHALL JOSEPH HENRY III KIA
P WO1 NEWTON GEORGE EDWARD
War Story:
Joe Marshall was killed while flying 712 with Bo Newton in February. One .51 hit the acft below the windshield, thru Joe & up into the rotor head after glancing off the transmission. We repaired the acft and returned it to flying.
From: Mike Sathre
This record was last updated on 04/24/2016
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11/13/2023
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