Narrative:
The Provider transport plane operated on a combat airlift support mission. It went missing over heavily jungled mountains. It was considered likely that the airplane was shot down.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 3 February 1966 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-13-FA Provider |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4537 |
| MSN: | 20198 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) from Khe Sanh ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Khe Sanh, Vietnam |
| Dong Ha Air Base, Vietnam |
The Provider transport plane operated on a combat airlift support mission. It went missing over heavily jungled mountains. It was considered likely that the airplane was shot down.
Classification:
Sources:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris HobsonPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha Air Base as the crow flies is 48 km (30 miles).
Distance from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha Air Base as the crow flies is 48 km (30 miles).
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