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Safety history

  • October 24, 1963Accident

    The aircraft was engaged in a flare drop mission and was carrying four Vietnamese observers and four crew members. While cruising at low height, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed about 104 km south of Saigon. All eight occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt Woodrow Melvin Fitzgerald, Cpt Gordon Richard Brown, S/Sgt Charles Bernard Lankford, S/Sgt Walter Kenneth Morris. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by enemy fire.

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