Information on U.S. Army helicopter OH-6A tail number 67-16355
The Army purchased this helicopter 0968
Total flight hours at this point: 00000047
Date: 11/21/1968
Incident number: 68112101.KIA
Unit: B/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.
Unknown
UTM grid coordinates: AN962487 (To see this location on a map, go to https://legallandconverter.com/p50.html and search on Grid Reference 49PAN962487)
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. (7.62MM)
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, LNOF, 80466, CASRP, CRAFX, JSIDR, HUGHS, Joe
Shepherd (Operations Report. Lindenmuth Old Format Data Base. Joint Services Incident Damage
Report. Crash Facts Message. Casualty Report. )
Summary: Shot down and destroyed by a group of VC during a BDA after a Cobra rocket attack during a VR mission.
Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
P 1LT WELDING CLIFFORD KAY KIA
OB SGT GREEN STANLEY NORRIS KIA
War Story:
Cliff Welding and SGT Green were flying my wing that day. We were covered
by two cobras and were following a fresh trail from an over-night contact
into the foothills. We caught a group of 8-10 VC on the trail. Cliff and I
both engaged with mini-guns and fire from our observers. We dropped smoke
and the cobras rolled in as we moved off to the west. After making several
passes, the cobra lead called us back for a BDA. Cliff's mini-gun had
stopped working so he led back into the area and I followed to cover him.
As we neared the smoke from the cobra's rockets we received small arms
fire. Then Cliff's aircraft was hit by an RPG. It went down immediatley! I
tried to land but could not because of small arms fire. I could see that
Cliff was still in the burning aircraft and that SGT Green was out, but
that he was burned very bad. I stayed on station until the Blues arrived
and confirmed that Cliff was KIA and SGT Green was medevaced. Submitted by Joe Shepherd, Scalp Hunter 15
This record was last updated on 10/22/1999
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