Date:	Friday 29 December 1967
Time:
Type:	Lockheed C-130E-I Hercules
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	64-0547
MSN:	4040
Year of manufacture:	1965
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	53 km NE of Dien Bien Phu -   Vietnam
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT)
Destination airport:	Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT)

Narrative:
The aircraft was on a leaflet dropping mission when it impacted a steep 60-degree slope of a north-northwest facing crescent shaped mountain at an elevation of 4780 ft.

The Last Mission of Combat Talon’s S-01 Crew / by Colonel John Gargus, USAF (Ret.)

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