Narrative:
Crashed during a supply mission in the Tonkin Delta. At least one occupant, Captain Albert Ruffin, was killed.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 19 October 1953 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 476404/FRAZZ |
| MSN: | 32736/15988 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Tonkin Delta ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Son-La-Na-San Airport (SQH/VVNS), Vietnam |
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Crashed during a supply mission in the Tonkin Delta. At least one occupant, Captain Albert Ruffin, was killed.
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