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| Date: | Thursday 24 October 1963 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-19-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-4385 |
| MSN: | 20269 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 104 km S of Saigon -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by ground fire while on a flare dropping mission.
Sources:
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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