ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330558
Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed AC-130A Spectre |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 55-0044 |
MSN: | 3071 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | 16 km W of Tchepone -
Laos
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU) |
Destination airport: | Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU) |
Narrative:The Lockheed AC-130A Spectre gunship operated on a truck hunting mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was struck by one of three SA-2 surface to air missiles fired at the aircraft.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Location
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