ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56258
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Date: | Thursday 3 May 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought A-7D Corsair II |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 71-0305 |
MSN: | D.216 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 20 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Phnom Penh/Pochentong AP -
Cambodia
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down by small arms fire and crashed into a Khmer Army dispensary at Pochentong airbase near Phnom Penh.
Pilot ejected and was rescued by USAF HH-53C helicopter.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
La Nación 5 May 1973, p22
British Pathe
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAWAOVPO44B5SKVRWDZE75KSWM-KHMER-REPUBLIC-AFTERMATH-OF-CRASHED-US-BOMBER-WHICH-KILLED-AT/query/Crash Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Apr-2013 16:43 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
02-May-2017 19:07 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
22-Dec-2018 16:50 |
Cobar |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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