Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16391
The Army purchased this helicopter 1068
Total flight hours at this point: 00001224
Date: 11/19/1970
Incident number: 70111999.KIA
Unit: C/2/17 CAV
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
This was a Recon mission for Unarmed Recon
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0050 feet and 075 knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD475052 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48QYD475052)
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 Fire.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 02 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, CASRP, HUGHS, FM385 (Operations
Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report.
)
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P CW2 HAMM FRANKLIN ALVIN KIA
OB SGT HALBACH BRUCE CHARLES KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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