Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15038
The Army purchased this helicopter 0170
Total flight hours at this point: 00000116
Date: 04/07/1970
Incident number: 70040707.KIA
Unit: 159 MED
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was at Hover at 0015 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT183308 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PXT183308)
Helicopter took 7 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (RPG)
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 WIA, 01 KIA . .
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, LNNF, CASRP, FM385, JSIDR (Operations Report.
Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P 1LT MACNEIL DOUGLAS GERALD KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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