26
Mar
Lockheed C-130A Hercules – 56-0533
The C-130 was operating on a 'Blind Bat' forward air control mission. It orbited at 9000 feet above the 4000 ft cloud base over souther...
26
Mar
Douglas EC-47Q – 45-1133
The EC-47Q operated on a radio direction finding mission to locate enemy forces on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The airplane crashed after be...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123K Provider – 54-600
The C-123K Provider operated on a patrol and flare dropping mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 03:30 the crew spotted a target near...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123B-8-FA Provider – 655
Touched down 30 feet short of the runway and struck a two foot high embankment causing the main gear to collapse.
26
Mar
Lockheed C-130A Hercules – 56-0477
The C-130A Hercules was operating on a night time flare-dropping mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The airplane failed to return and ...
26
Mar
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune – 131484
The Lockheed OP-2E Neptune was shot down by AAA in Laos. The aircraft was flying at 5,000 feet above the jungle tops when it was hit in...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3 – XW-TAD
Crashed into the Mekong River, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Vientiane after having contacted a mountain. Conflicting reports say t...
26
Mar
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune – 131486
The Lockheed OP-2E Neptune was dropping acoustic buoys over the trail in Laos. It had two F-4 escorts out of Da Nang and an O-2A Forwar...
26
Mar
Antonov An-2 –
Four Antonov An-2 aircraft of the North Vietnamese Air Force had departed on a mission to destroy a US radar base in Laos that was guid...
26
Mar
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune – 131436
The Lockheed OP-2E Neptune operated on an acoustic buoy drop mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 9:57 AM radio contact with his airc...