Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
Date:
01/26/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN
THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort , Other Aircraft.
While
in Target Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0400 feet and 070
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 Forward area
Systems damaged
were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
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: UH1P1, 10889, BELL, JSIDR (Bell Helicopter. Joint Services Incident Damage
Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
Date:
01/29/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK
This was a
Recon mission for Armed Escort , Other Aircraft.
While in Target Area this
helicopter was Attacking at 0300 feet and 080 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)
Systems damaged were: FUEL SYS
The self sealing fuel tank
developed a small leak.
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, 10902, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
Date:
02/22/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN
THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While in Target Area
this helicopter was Attacking at 0500 feet and 075 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:
DRIVESHAFT, STRUCTURE
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: UH1P1, 00920, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
Date:
06/04/65
Accident case number: 0C176 Fatality Accident
Number killed in
accident = 0 . . Injured = 0 . . Passengers = 0
costing 395
Source(s) from
which the incident was created or updated: Army Aviation Safety Center database.
Crew Members:
P CW MILLS CV
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
Date:
06/29/65
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN
THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Recon
While Enroute this
helicopter was at Level Flight at 0500 feet and 080 knots.
South
Vietnam
Helicopter took 6 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:
DRIVESHAFT, MAIN ROTOR SYS
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: UH1P1, 01537, JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0864
Total flight hours at this point:
00001469
Date: 10/14/66
Unit: 175 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This
helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was an Unknown mission
Unknown
this helicopter was Unknown at UNK feet and UNK knots.
Not
Reported
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun
launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size.
(7.62MM)
Systems damaged were: ENGINE
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: UH1P1, 00704, BRL-5 ()
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B tail number 63-08712
The Army
purchased this helicopter 0864
Total flight hours at this point:
00002626
Date: 06/30/68
Unit: 388 TC CO
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
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1B tail number
63-08712
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 0864.
Please provide any additional information on this
helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6610 69 1469 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6611 75 1544 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6612 73 1617 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6701 115 1732 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6702 46 1778 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6703 119 1897 WC43AA 175 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 6704 0 1897 WCLUAA 611 TRANS CO DS VIETNAM RVN 6705 0 1897 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6706 0 1897 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6707 0 1897 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6708 0 1897 W0MUAA ARADMAC 4TH ARMY NAVAL AIR STA AVCOM 6709 0 1897 3300 BELL HCPTR BAILMENT FT WORTH AVCOM 6710 52 1949 WCLGAA 765 TRANS BN VIETNAM RVN 6711 55 2004 WCLGAA 765 TRANS BN VIETNAM RVN 6712 98 2102 WCLGAA 765 TRANS BN VIETNAM RVN 6801 95 2197 WCLGAA 765 TRANS BN VIETNAM RVN 6802 96 2293 3251 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6803 11 2304 3251 355 AVN CO 4TH ARMY FORT SILL 4TH ARMY 6804 166 2470 WCLSAA 388 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6805 119 2589 WCLSAA 388 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 6806 37 2626 WCLSAA 388 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN
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