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We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • February 15, 1968Accident

    While conducting a night supply mission, the airplane was hit by enemy fire and crashed in flames 8 km south of Phan Rang Airbase. All eight crew members were killed. Crew: Lt Col Karl Merritt Waldron, Cpt Edward Beeding Quill, Cpt Thomas Joseph Margle, S/Sgt Warren Mitchell Dixon, S/Sgt Robert Kiyoshi Kawamura, S/Sgt Roger Gail Lee, Sgt James Harvey Bennett, Sgt Brent Tosh. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by enemy fire.

    Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) · 8 fatalities