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| Date: | Thursday 23 May 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild UC-123K Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-588 |
| MSN: | 20037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 2 km off Xom Rach Goc -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bien Hoa Air Base |
| Bien Hoa Air Base |
Shot down by ground fire during a spray run on a Viet Cong base camp area. Engine no. 1 was hit and a fire soon spread to the wing. The pilot lost control and the airplane crashed into the sea about a mile off shore.
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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