| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1972 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  Lockheed AC-130A Spectre |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0043 |
| MSN: | 3070 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | W of A Shau Valley -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU) |
| Ubon Ratchathani RTAFB (UBP/VTUU) |
The Hercules, call sign "Spectre 11," was conducting a night armed reconnaissance mission to attack elite NVA forces known to be infiltrating from Laos into South Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Spectre 11 was making its second attack pass over the target area when it received a direct hit in the number 3 engine by a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). A small explosion occurred and the right wing separated from the aircraft. The airplane descended in flames and crashed in the rugged jungle covered mountains west of the A Shau Valley.
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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