Incident Overview
Date: Monday 26 August 1968
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 62-4177
Location: Thein Ngon –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Airlift aircraftAirlift aircraft
An airlift aircraft was shot down by ground fire while flying close to the Cambodian border.An airlift aircraft was shot down by ground fire while flying close to the Cambodian border.
Description
Shot down by ground fire while flying close to the Cambodian border while on an airlift flight.
Source of Information
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