Helicopter UH-1H 69-15379

Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15379
The Army purchased this helicopter 0570
Total flight hours at this point: 00000793
Date: 03/24/1971
Unit: F/8 CAV
South Vietnam
UTM grid coordinates: YD062343
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 CRAWLEY RICHARD A RES
P 1LT VOEGELE WILLIAM MICHAEL RES
CE SP4 MENTE RES
G PFC LOW LEON RES

War Story:
The helicopter was shot down about eight km SSW of Khe Sanh after completing a first light mission on 3/24/71. The burning aircraft was successfully autorotated. It had a .50 cal. machine gun mounted on the left gun mount. See web site http://members.aol.com/BluGhstGrn/odgreen.htm

This record was last updated on 09/09/1997

The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 69-15379
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 0570.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.

DATE  FLT HRS    UIC      UNIT          AREA          POST          COUNTRY
197005   0    0 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS      ITR CONUS                   AVCOMITR
197006  18   18 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197007 160  178 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197008 141  319 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197009  97  416 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197010  54  470 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197011  54  524 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197012  90  614 WACYD0 D 1-1 CAV AMD    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197101  96  710 WG20AA F TRP 8TH CAV    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197102  63  773 WG20AA F TRP 8TH CAV    VIETNAM                     RVN     
197103  20  793 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO   VIETNAM                     RVN

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Gary Roush

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