ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331852
| Date: | Saturday 4 May 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas AC-47D Spooky |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-76207 |
| MSN: | 32539/15791 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Pleiku Airport (PXU) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
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
Air University web site
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