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Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky UH-34D |
Owner/operator: | Air America |
Registration: | H-G |
MSN: | 58-1176 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ban Padong -
Laos
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in bad weather while trying to land supplies to the besieged Hmong.
Both pilots died. Two other occupants survived injured**.
Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art7.html https://books.google.nl/books?id=OV7XanBoZqwC&pg=PT135&lpg=PT135&dq=hmong+laos+helicopter+crash+1961&source=bl&ots=X5 GwYrVpwi&sig=uMUYAVRczAidf6CJbq4RkW1xY-E&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CDgQ6AEwA2oVChMIl7-Wr7zlxwIVSpwaCh1xpw7e#v=onepage&q=hmong%20laos%20helicopter%20crash%201961&f=false
La Nacion 1 June 1961, p46**
AIR AMERICA: SIKORSKY UH-34s (1st series) by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2015 17:55 |
gerard57 |
Added |
05-Jan-2017 20:04 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
20-Dec-2018 10:34 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source] |