ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331853
Date: | Saturday 4 May 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AC-47D Spooky |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-16159 |
MSN: | 20625 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Pleiku Airport (PXU) -
Vietnam
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On May 4,1968, two Douglas AC-47D gunships, 43-16159 and 43-76207, departed Phu Cat to engage VC/NVA rocket and mortar sites that were firing on the Pleiku Air Base. Over target both aircraft were shot down within minutes of each other. All six on board 43-16159 were killed. Three crew members of 43-76207 were killed and five survived.
Sources:
AC-47D Gunships Homepage > AC-47 Spooky Crew Losses the Virtual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall > Leslie Earl Harris, Jr Location
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