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| Date: | Friday 11 June 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-18-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4379 |
| MSN: | 20263 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km S of Holloway Field -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
| Pleiku Airport (PXU/VVPK) |
Hit mountains near Pleiku while attempting a supply drop in bad weather.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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