ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333601
| Date: | Thursday 23 March 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas SC-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-76330 |
| MSN: | 32662/15914 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 6,4 km NW Phon Savan -
 Laos
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
The SC-47D operated on an intelligence flight from Vientiane, Laos, to Saigon, Vietnam. En route it was shot down by Pathet Lao AAA or small-arms fire.
Seven crew members were killed in the accident, one survived. He was captured by Pathet Lao and kept as a POW.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
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