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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 61-2387 |
| MSN: | 43 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Binh Thuy Air Base (VCA) -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Binh Thuy Air Base (VCA/VVCT) |
While on a resupply mission, the C-7 took a bullet from enemy ground fire. A fuel manifold was damaged, causing a stop of fuel flow to the engines.
The pilot crash-landed the Caribou in a rice paddy.
Sources:
DeHavilland Caribou Roster
C-7A Caribou Association
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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