Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-02012
The Army purchased this helicopter 0563
Total flight hours at this point: 00003003
Date: 01/11/1969
Incident number: 69011111.KIA
Unit: 48 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort , Other Aircraft.
While in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0100 feet and 080 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Cockpit
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA . .
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft was diverted prior to accomplishing any mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P3, 01102 ()
Crew Members:
P WO1 WORTHINGTON LAURENCE D KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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