Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-00699
The Army purchased this helicopter 1266
Total flight hours at this point: 00001230
Date: 05/02/1968
Incident number: 68050211.KIA
Unit: 240 AHC
This was Combat Major Damage caused by being shot down by Ground Fire with the mission function of Armed Escort
This was a Combat incident.
This was an Unknown mission
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 03 WIA . .
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center AVDAC database. Defense Intelligence Agency
Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter
database. Also: OPERA, UH1P3, 12303 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P WO1 MCKIBBEN LARRY SIMS KIA
CE SP4 CRAIG MICHAEL DENNIS KIA
G SP4 FOURNIER NELSON EDWARD KIA
P CW2 FERNAN WILLIAM RES
War Story:
McKibben was shot while waiting for wounded to be loaded on board by SSG Roy Benadvides, 5th Special Forces Group who won the last Medal of Honor on this day. NVA were charging the aircraft, but McKibben would not leave without the wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Submitted by Jerry Ewing.
This record was last updated on 08/12/2004
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