Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 68-17247
The Army purchased this helicopter 0669
Total flight hours at this point: 00001589
Date: 05/20/1971
Incident number: 71052010.KIA
Unit: A/7/17 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 UNK feet and UNK knots.
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: ZA206367 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 48PZA206367)
Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded.
Systems damaged were: UNK
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, CASRP (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New
Format Data Base. Casualty Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P WO1 BRUCE ROBERT GRAHAM KIA
P WO1 SMITH GREGORY ALLAN KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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