ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155283
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 February 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | South Vietnamese Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lang Vei -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shot down, killing four US journalists (Larry Burrows, 44) covering South Vietnamese Operation Lam Son 791.
Sources:
Toledo Blade 11.2.1971, p1
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2022/02/10/On-This-Day-4-photojournalists-die-in-Vietnam-War-helicopter-crash/7251643818434/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/journalists-killed-in-helicopter-crash
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2013 18:16 | TB | Added |
| 18-Apr-2013 18:21 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Feb-2022 09:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source] |
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