Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-16387
The Army purchased this helicopter 1069
Total flight hours at this point: 00000269
Date: 04/12/1970
Incident number: 70041629.KIA
Unit: ACT/11 ACR
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: XT562863
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
AC CPT ADAMS GEORGE HARTWELL KIA
P CPT ATCHISON JAMES MITCHELL KIA
G SP4 MILLER CLEVE DAVIS KIA
C SP4 CARRIZALES DIONISIO G KIA
CE SP4 LOPEZ RES
War Story:
The aircraft crashed at speed in a nose low attitude. Both pilots were killed on impact if not already dead. Crew chief was thrown out of the aircraft and survived with minor injuries.
This record was last updated on 07/03/2007
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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007
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