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| Date: | Saturday 18 June 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild UC-123B Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4378 |
| MSN: | 20262 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 5 km N of Tam Ky -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by small arms fire while on a defoliation mission. The UC-123B crash-landed in a rice paddy.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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