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| Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas AC-47D Spooky |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49859 |
| MSN: | 27120/15675 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 8 km S of Phan Rang Air Base (PHA) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Phan Rang Air Base (PHA/VVPR) |
| Phan Rang Air Base (PHA/VVPR) |
On February 14,1968, a Douglas AC-47D gunship, departed Phan Rang Air Base (PHA) on a close air support mission.
The airplane was shot down just five miles south of the air base.
Sources:
AC-47D Gunships Homepage > AC-47 Spooky Crew Losses
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