Helicopter UH-1B 63-12942


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-12942
Date: 06/05/1966
Incident number: 66060555.KIA
Unit: 114 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was Unknown at 0900 feet and 080 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 15 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (14.5MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: HYDRAULIC SYS, FLT CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL SYS, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA, 02 INJ, 01 W . .
The helicopter Crashed. Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
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, UH1P1, 00279, FM48, STMNT, CASRP (Operations Report. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
P CPT NELSON HUGH REAVIS JR KIA
P JONES BAILEY

This record was last updated on 08/07/1999


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