Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 13 March 1954
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: L’Arme de L’Air
Registration Number: 349931/FRBDW
Location: Dien Bien Phu-Gialam Airport (DIN) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: UK
On March 13, 1954, a ground airstrike resulted in the destruction of an aircraft.On March 13, 1954, a ground airstrike resulted in the destruction of an aircraft.
Description
Destroyed on ground by mortars. March 13, 1954 was the day Battle of Dien Bien Phu started. This was a confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union’s French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries.
Primary Cause
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