Was snooping around the
Net and found this. Thought you
numbers guys would like it.
The aircraft in
Bold were all common late model aircraft used until the end of the war. More than a few flying missions were just to pick up
wreckage. These numbers are probably
NOT exact.
The following was done recently for a museum.
1 205 was destroyed (Air America)
270 AH-1G were destroyed
1 AH-1J was destroyed1 BELL was destroyed
14 CH-21C were destroyed
2 CH-34 were destroyed
1 CH-37B was destroyed
1 CH-37C was destroyed
7 CH-3C were destroyed
7 CH-3E were destroyed
94 CH-46A were destroyed
58 CH-46D were destroyed83 CH-47A were destroyed
20 CH-47B were destroyed
29 CH-47C were destroyed12 CH-53A were destroyed
2 CH-53C were destroyed
9 CH-53D were destroyed9 CH-54A were destroyed2 H-37A were destroyed
21 HH-3E were destroyed
7 HH-43B were destroyed
6 HH-43F were destroyed
2 HH-53B were destroyed
7 HH-53C were destroyed 147 OH-13S were destroyed
93 OH-23G were destroyed
45 OH-58A were destroyed
842 OH-6A were destroyed3 SH-34G were destroyed
8 SH-3A were destroyed
3 SIOUX were destroyed
60 UH-1 were destroyed
1 UH-1A was destroyed
357 UH-1B were destroyed
365 UH-1C were destroyed
886 UH-1D were destroyed
90 UH-1E were destroyed
18 UH-1F were destroyed
1313 UH-1H were destroyed
1 UH-1N was destroyed6 UH-2A were destroyed
6 UH-2B were destroyed
176 UH-34D were destroyed
Total helicopters destroyed in the Vietnam War was 5,086 out of 11,827www.vhpa.org/heliloss.pdf