Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16946
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000583
Date: 04/29/1971
Incident number: 71042988.KIA
Unit: A/3/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at 0050 feet and 060 knots.
Cambodia
UTM grid coordinates: XU380065 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXU380065)
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)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Burned
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, FM386, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth
New Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC CPT MILLS ROBERT E RES
OB SSG ORR PATRICK OREILLY KIA
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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023
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