AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES FROM GROUND FIRE IN SOUTH VIETNAM OPERATIONS

Abstract

This report analyzes casualty data on U.S. Army personnel aboard aircraft in South Vietnam from 1962 through March 1966. Casualties are classified in three main categories: wounds (caused by projectiles and aircraft debris); injuries (resulting from crashes, forced landings, etc. caused by ground fire hits on the aircraft); and others (reported casualties requiring segregation from the wounds and injuries). A serious attempt was made to exclude casualties resulting from accidents not involving ground fire hits. Data indicated that injury type fatalities occur more frequently than wound type fatalities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0375124

Entities

People

  • Horace C. Smith
  • Roland G. Bernier

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aircraft
  • Casualties
  • Combat Support
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Security
  • Vulnerability
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine