ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332479
Date: | Friday 17 December 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AC-47D Spooky |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-49492 |
MSN: | 26753/15308 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | between Tan Son Nhut and Phan Rang -
Vietnam
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Destination airport: | Phan Rang Air Base (PHA/VVPR) |
Narrative:A Douglas AC-47D Spooky, operated by the USAF's 4th Air Commando Squadron (ACS), was destroyed when it crashed between Tan Son Nhut and Phan Rang. The airplane was operating on a night time cross country courier flight when it was struck by ground fire.
The wreckage was found by December 23, 1965.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
AC-47D Gunships Homepage > AC-47 Spooky Crew Losses Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Revision history:
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