ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331905
| Date: | Thursday 7 March 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-594 |
| MSN: | 20043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Khe Sanh -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The tail of the Provider was hit by Vietcong mortar attack while the plane was on the runway on March 6. The damage was repairable, but the plane was hit by another mortar attack the day after, destroying the plane.
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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