Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-58A tail number 68-16945
The Army purchased this helicopter 0470
Total flight hours at this point: 00000045
Date: 06/04/1970
Incident number: 70060455.KIA
Unit: A/3/17 CAV
Cambodia
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: Hit a tree and crashed after receiving hostile fire in the Fish Hook area.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC WO1 WALLACE WILLIAM THOMAS JR KIA
OB SP4 GILLETT JERRY CECIL KIA
This record was last updated on 01/31/2017
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