Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 28 March 1954
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: L’Arme de L’Air
Registration Number: 349434/FRBDC
Location: Dien Bien Phu –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Component Affected: French Far East Expeditionary Corps aircraftFrench Far East Expeditionary Corps aircraft
A French Far East Expeditionary Corps aircraft was destroyed during a battle in Indochina, resulting from enemy action.A French Far East Expeditionary Corps aircraft was destroyed during a battle in Indochina, resulting from enemy action.
Description
Destroyed by enemy action during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 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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