ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332169
Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AC-47D Spooky |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 44-76534 |
MSN: | 32866/16118 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Hoi An -
Vietnam
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Destination airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Narrative:The AC-47D gunship was operating on a mission near Hoi An, protecting an outpost at night. While orbiting the outpost, it was hit by automatic weapons fire and subsequently crashed.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson Location
Images:
photo (c) USAF; unknown
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