ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332781
| Date: | Saturday 24 October 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-14-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4549 |
| MSN: | 20210 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Phumi Dak Dam -
 Cambodia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
| Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
The Provider transport plane operated on a mission to drop ammunition at an isolated Special Forces camp at Bu Prang near the Cambodian border. The airplane strayed into Cambodian airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery.
Sources:
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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