26 Mar Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4) – F-BFGQ The C-54 struck a tree while approaching Gia Lam Airport and crashed into the Red River. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) – 349434/FRBDC Destroyed by enemy action during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expe... Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar – 186 On 23 March 54, a napalm-laden formation took off from Cat Bi in Vietnam. The copilot on aircraft number 186 raised his landing gear be... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando – F-DAAR Destroyed on ground by mortars. March 13, 1954 was the day Battle of Dien Bien Phu started. This was a confrontation of the First Indoc... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) – 349665/FRAMG Destroyed. The location is not confirmed. Given the fact that the aircraft was destroyed in Indochina on the day of the Battle of Dien... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) – 349931/FRBDW Destroyed on ground by mortars. March 13, 1954 was the day Battle of Dien Bien Phu started. This was a confrontation of the First Indoc... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) – 49949/F-RAYC Destroyed. The location is not confirmed. Given the fact that the aircraft was destroyed in Indochina on the day of the Battle of Dien... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) – 476357/FRAZB Destroyed. The location is not confirmed. Given the fact that the aircraft was destroyed in Indochina on the day of the Battle of Dien... Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar – 546 The aircraft had landed at Dien Bien Phu with an engine malfunction. The airport came under Vietminh shelling that night. The aircraft ... Continue reading