Helicopter UH-1B 62-04583

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-04583
Date: 03/16/64
Accident case number: 07881 Fatality Accident
Number killed in accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 0
Source(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.

Crew Members:
P O4 HAYES DB
CP O2 HARRIS WD
CE E3 REHFIELD L
G E3 CAUGHEY JE

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Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 62-04583
Date: 07/22/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
for Command and Control
While Enroute this helicopter was at Level Flight at 0300 feet and 070 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Gun launched explosive ballistic projectiles equal to or greater than 20 mm in size. (MORTAR)
The helicopter was hit in the Passenger Cargo Section causing Fragmentation Damage.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL
The armor protecting the n/r was effective.
Casualties = 06 WIA . .
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: UH1P1, 01265, CASRP, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. )

Passengers:
LTC BURKE LLOYD L., PAX, C

War Story:
Sources indicate to the VHPA that this is the aircraft mentioned in the 1st Inf Div history as follows: The Big Red One's first offensive operation in Vietnam began on July 22, 1965, when B/2/16th Inf conducted a search of the area around the 2nd Brigade's base camp at Bien Hoa. The battalion commander, LTC Lloyd L. Burke, was directing armed helicopters in support of the sweep when his own helicopter was hit by a VC hand grenade. The colonel was injured and evacuated to the States.

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Please send additions or corrections to:

VHPA Head Quarters or Gary Roush or Mike Law

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Printed from databases on: 08/27/00