Date:	Tuesday 6 February 1968
Time:
Type:	Lockheed P-3B Orion
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	153440
MSN:	185-5237
Year of manufacture:	1967
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	80 km off Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam [Gulf of Thailand] -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU)
Destination airport:	U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU)

Narrative:
The Orion was on an antisubmarine patrol mission out of Thailand when it crashed into 100 feet of water off South Vietnam.

P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
VPNavy.org

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