Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 24 October 1963
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-123B-19-FA Provider
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 56-4385
Location: 104 km S of Saigon –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
A Cessna 172 aircraft was shot down by ground fire during a flare drop mission.A Cessna 172 aircraft was shot down by ground fire during a flare drop mission.
Description
Shot down by ground fire while on a flare dropping mission.
Source of Information
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