Accident North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco 67-14645, 21 Apr 1971
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Date:21-APR-1971
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic V10 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco
Owner/operator:504 TASG USAF (504 TASG United States Air Force)
Registration: 67-14645
MSN: 305-53
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Quang Tri, South Vietnam -   Vietnam
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Da Nang AFB, South Vietnam
Destination airport:Quang Tri
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off when crashed on a non‑operational flight loss in South Vietnam. Both crew - Maj William Esley Wood and Maj Herbert Miller - were KWF

Correction: The crash occurred while coming in for a landing at Quang Tri, not on take off from Da Nang.

Sources:

[http://web.archive.org/web/20160917114715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/OV_10_BRONCO.htm]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1967.htm]l
See Their Virtual Wall pages at www.VirtualWall.org/dw/WoodWE01a.htm, and www.VirtualWall.org/dm/MillerHx01a.htm, respectively for the location of their crash (Quang Tri Province). For further details see Billy Hall, "Bullet Proof: In Vietnam" (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), pp. 64-67; on Google Books at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z47czC7BQAoC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=MAJ+Herbert+Miller&source=bl&ots=drR_pZI3io&sig=-F3QJmKnNjOlDl3qXxg5s70OEy8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=y3R6U82OAeblsASjlYG4Dg [accessed 23 APR 2018]. I was an eye witness to this crash which occurred between my bunker and QL-1 while I was on guard duty.


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Nov-2011 13:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-May-2018 19:16 John T Jeffery Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jan-2021 17:41 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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