Helicopter UH-1C 66-15055


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15055
The Army purchased this helicopter 0367
Total flight hours at this point: 00000917
Date: 08/02/1968
Incident number: 68080222.KIA
Unit: B/1/9 CAV 1 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 UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YC441923 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYC441923)
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (12.7MM)
causing a Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 WIA, 02 DOI, 01 I . .
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, UH1P3, 21501 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
AC WO1 ARVIDSON JAMES WARREN KIA
CE SP5 BORNHEIMER RICHARD IRVING KIA

This record was last updated on 05/25/1998


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