Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 65-10079
The Army purchased this helicopter 0866
Total flight hours at this point: 00002379
Date: 05/09/1970
Incident number: 70050911.KIA
Unit: 189 AHC
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: ZA101451 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PZA101451)
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Summary: Shot down near LZ Gypsy 14 KM W-SW of Pleiku City with a camera crew on board.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 MCCLUSKEY JOHN DAVID KIA
P 1LT HURD COLIN PLUMMER KIA
CE SP4 FULTON JOHNNY LEE KIA
G PFC CORPUS DAVID JOSEPH KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
SP5 CHILDS CHRISTOPHER J III, AR, PX, KIA
SP5 ITRI DOUGLAS JOHN, AR, PX, KIA
SP4 LOWE RONALD SIDNEY, AR, PX, KIA
PFC PARADIS RAYMOND LOUIS, AR, PX, KIA
SP4 YOUNG LARRY CLAYTON, AR, PX, KIA
This record was last updated on 10/23/2010
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