Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15055
The Army purchased this helicopter 0367
Total flight hours at this point: 00000795
Date: 03/27/1968
Incident number: 68032727.KIA
Unit: B/1/9 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was in Bank Left at 0050 feet and 060 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 10 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Right Side
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P3, 08702 ()
Crew Members:
P MAJ SUNDQUIST JACK DONALD KIA
P 1LT TURECEK JACK L
This record was last updated on 03/23/2002
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