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| Date: | Friday 13 December 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-600 |
| MSN: | 20049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ban Hai -
 Laos
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nakhon Phanom Airport (KOP/VTUW) |
| Nakhon Phanom Airport (KOP/VTUW) |
The C-123K Provider operated on a patrol and flare dropping mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 03:30 the crew spotted a target near Ban Nampakhon, 20 miles SW of the Ban Karai Pass in southern Laos. A pair of Martin B-57 Canberras was called in to hit the target. During the bomb run one of the B-57E Canberras (55-4284) struck the C-123. The B-57 crashed immediately, killing both crew members and the C-123 started a slow spin towards the ground. The pilot was able to bail out.
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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