54-1625
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Safety history
- April 22, 1970Accident
While in a commando mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. A fire erupted on the left wing root and the crew was unable to extinguish the fire. A crew member (S/Sgt Eugene Fields) was able to bail out and was later recovered uninjured while the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all 10 other occupants. Crew: Maj William Leslie Brooks, † 1st Lt John Cline Towle, † Lt Col Charlie Brown Davis, † Lt Col Charles Stoddard Rowley, † Maj Donald Garth Fis