Information on U.S. Navy helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-04602
The Army purchased this helicopter 1063
Total flight hours at this point: 00003485
Date: 09/23/1971
Incident number: 71092020.KIA
Unit: HA(L)-3
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XS470910 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXS470910)
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA, Dan Calvert (Operations Report. )
Summary: Believed to be a main rotor blade separate during a ferry flight.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P LCR COVER LAWRENCE LEROY KIA
P LJG BARDEN ARNOLD WINFIELD JR KIA
C AMS COWEN HAROLD EDWARD KIA
C ADJ GOLDBIN CHARLES HENRY KIA
This record was last updated on 08/14/1999
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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023
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