ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175409
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Aviation Detachment, US Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Charyeong Mountains, near Cheonan, South Chungcheong -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Osan AB, South Korea (OSN/RKSO) |
| Taegu AB, South Korea (TAE/RKTN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 28 November 1972: crashed in the Charyeong Mountains, near Cheonan, South Chungcheong, South Korea, after leaving Osan AB, en-route to base at Taegu AB, South Korea. Two persons on board killed: later named in contemporary press reports as CW2 Charles M. Covert [Pilot] and SP5 Fred L. Smith [C]
Sources:
1. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
2. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/dmz/p_dmz_army_aircraft_postwar_deaths.htm
3. https://www.vhpa.org/DAT/datC/G60531.HTM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2015 14:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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