ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64658
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1E Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | VMO-2 USMC |
| Registration: | 151843 |
| MSN: | 6037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marble Mountain AFB, SVN -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marble Mountain AFB, South Vietnam |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On the night of October 27-28 1965, a raid by Viet Cong sappers against the U. S. Marine Corps‘s Marble Mountain Air Facility in South Vietnam destroyed 13 UH-1E and six UH-34 helicopters and damages four UH-1 Es and 26 UH-34 s. Known BuAer numbers of the destroyed Bell UH-1Es included:
1. 151843 (c/n 6037) with VMO-2 w/o Oct 28, 1965 at Marble Mountain base in Viet Cong attack
2. 151844 (c/n 6038) with VMO-2 w/o Oct 28, 1965 at Marble Mountain base in Viet Cong attack
3. 151850 (c/n 6044) with VMO-2 w/o Oct 28, 1965 at Marble Mountain base in Viet Cong attack
4. 151862 (c/n 6056) with VMO-2 w/o Oct 28, 1965 at Marble Mountain base in Viet Cong attack
Sources:
1. Chinnery, Philip D., Vietnam: The Helicopter War, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-55750-875-1, p. 44.
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
3. https://crufc.ca/tag/united-states-marine-corps/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2015 15:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2015 15:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2019 21:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 15:19 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Feb-2022 15:22 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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