Helicopter OH-6A 67-16168


Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16168
The Army purchased this helicopter 0768
Total flight hours at this point: 00001117
Date: 07/28/1970
Incident number: 70072828.KIA
Unit: A/2/17 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 0100 feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XD956305 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QXD956305)
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. (12.7MM)
causing a Blast.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 DOI, 01 INJ . .
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, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Crash Facts Message. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
P CPT WHITMORE WILLIAM LEE KIA
OB SSG VETRANO GERALD MICHAEL KIA

This record was last updated on 11/13/2003


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