ASN Aircraft accident Douglas AC-47D Spooky 43-48356 Bien Hoa Air Base
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Date:Thursday 23 March 1967
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas AC-47D Spooky
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-48356
MSN: 25617/14172
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Bien Hoa Air Base (   Vietnam)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Hit by machine gun fire on takeoff. The airplane crash-landed just beyond the airport perimeter. The AC-47D gunship was supposed to drop flares over an outpost to prevent it from being attacked at night.

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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