Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000541
Date: 09/29/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was on Take-Off at 0100 feet and 050 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 Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
The aircraft was diverted or delayed after completing some mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73808 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00000656
Date: 10/25/1967
Unit: 176 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Command and Control
Unknown this helicopter was Landing at 0100 feet and 060 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 Tail Section
Systems damaged were: UNK
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: UH1P2, 73950 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
The Army purchased this helicopter 0467
Total flight hours at this point: 00001459
Date: 05/25/1968
Incident number: 68052525.KIA
Unit: 176 AHC
South Vietnam
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:
CE SP4 RAMSEY JOHN LOUIS KIA
War Story:
Minuteman 230 was lost by .50 Cal fire. The Crewchief was Ramsey and he was killed.
From Dale Wiese, August 199
This record was last updated on 08/08/1999
The following is crew member information for this incident:
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-16230
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter
and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0467.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6704 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 6705 0 0 W0MHAA DIROF SUP TRAN 6TH ARMY SHARPE GD AVCOM 6706 168 168 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6707 100 268 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6708 155 423 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6709 118 541 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6710 115 656 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6711 113 769 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6712 154 923 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6801 106 1029 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6802 112 1141 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6803 127 1268 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6804 104 1372 WC44AA 176 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6805 87 1459 WCLQAA 335 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
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Printed from databases on: 08/09/1999
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