55-0043
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- June 18, 1972Accident
The airplane departed Ubon Ratchathani Air Base in Thailand on a night armed reconnaissance mission to attack elite NVA forces known to be infiltrating from Laos into South Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. While making a second low pass over the target area, the airplane's n°3 engine was hit by a Strela SA-7 missile. The airplane went out of control and crashed in flames in the A Shau Valley. 12 crew members were killed while three others were rescued. Crew: Cpt Paul Faris Gilbert, † Cpt Rob