Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16454
The Army purchased this helicopter 1168
Total flight hours at this point: 00001521
Date: 05/21/1970
Incident number: 70052111.KIA
Unit: E/82 ARTY 1 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
Unknown this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
Cambodia
UTM grid coordinates: YU086382 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PYU086382)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
causing an Explosion.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 03 DOI . .
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, JSIDR, CRAFX, FM385, CASRP (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts
Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P WO1 CAWLEY PATRICK FRANCIS KIA
PP WO1 GORSKE ROBERT EDWARD KIA
PA SGT RICH JON WILLIAM KIA
Passengers and/or other participants:
SGT RICH JON WILLIAM, AR, PX, KIA
This record was last updated on 02/09/2002
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