ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332408
Date: | Saturday 26 March 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Thai Air Force - RTAF |
Registration: | L2-18/00 |
MSN: | 20053 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | northeastern Laos -
Laos
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX/VTCC) |
Destination airport: | Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (UTH/VTUD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was reported missing whilst en route from Chiang Mai to Udorn. It became lost and is reported to have crashed in northeastern Laos.
Flight mechanic Prapan Siri-on was released from a Vietnamese PoW camp in March 1973 and claimed the C-47 had been shot down near Quang Biu. Exact location is unclear as a place with that name could not be found.
The fate of the remaining crew is unclear.
Sources:
Thai Aviation History website The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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