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| Date: | Monday 21 March 1966 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-34E (S-58) Seahorse |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 145802 |
| MSN: | 58-1033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Xuan Hoa -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by machine gun. Inserting US Marines, the aircraft was hit by machine gun fire, rolled inverted, crashed, exploded and burned. 11 KiA.
**pilot reported survived, 10 killed.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
- vhpa
**The Indian Express 23 March 1966, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2014 18:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 21-Jun-2014 19:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 26-Jun-2014 09:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 14-Jan-2019 20:40 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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