| Date: | Friday 29 July 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas RC-47D |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48388 |
| MSN: | 25649/14204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 32 km W of Hoa Binh -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nakhon Phanom Airport (KOP/VTUW) |
| Nakhon Phanom Airport (KOP/VTUW) |
Shot down by North Vietnamese MiG-17 when it was operating on a surveillance mission in the Sam Neua area of Laos. The RC-47D may have crossed or overflown the border between Laos and North Vietnam.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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