Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 24 October 1964
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-123B-14-FA Provider
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 55-4549
Location: near Phumi Dak Dam –
ÿ Cambodia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AirplaneAirplane
A provider transport plane crashed near the Cambodian border, resulting in its destruction by anti-aircraft artillery.A provider transport plane crashed near the Cambodian border, resulting in its destruction by anti-aircraft artillery.
Description
The Provider transport plane operated on a mission to drop ammunition at an isolated Special Forces camp at Bu Prang near the Cambodian border. The airplane strayed into Cambodian airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery.
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