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Crash of a Fairchild C-123K Provider near Thakhet: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1973 at 0732 LT
Type of aircraft:
Fairchild C-123 Provider
Operator:
Registration:
374
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Vientiane - Savannakhét
MSN:
20258
YOM:
1956
Location:
Thakhet
Khammouan Province
Country:
Laos
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Vientiane to Savannakhét on a cargo flight with 5,4 tons of various goods, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. Two crew members bailed out when the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both pilots were killed. One kicker was killed when he jumped without a parachute while the second kicker parachuted from the aircraft and survived.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.28A-1 near Mahaxay: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.28A/B
Operator:
Boun Oum Airways
Registration:
XW-PCG
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
3026
Location:
Mahaxay
Khammouan Province
Country:
Laos
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a supply mission, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with heavy rain falls. The pilot apparently lost his orientation when the aircraft crashed in an isolated area located 15 km east of Mahaxay. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a Douglas A-26A Invader in Ban Thapachôn: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-26 Invader
Operator:
Registration:
64-17669
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Ban Thapachôn
Khammouan Province
Country:
Laos
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While cruising side-by-side with a second USAF Invader registered 64-17668, the airplane was hit by enemy fire and the right wing caught fire. The crew from the second aircraft bailed out before both aircraft collided and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Dwight Stanley Campbell,
Cpt Robert Lee Sholl.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Douglas A-26A Invader in Ban Thapachôn

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1967
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-26 Invader
Operator:
Registration:
64-17668
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Ban Thapachôn
Khammouan Province
Country:
Laos
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While cruising side-by-side with a second USAF Invader registered 64-17669, the airplane was hit by enemy fire and the right wing caught fire. The crew from the second aircraft bailed out before both aircraft collided and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt James L. McCluskey,
Cpt L. Michael Scruggs.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Douglas AC-47D Spooky in Ban Salou: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 24, 1965 at 1050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
45-1120
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Đà Nẵng - Đà Nẵng
MSN:
17123/34390
YOM:
1945
Flight number:
Spooky 21
Location:
Ban Salou
Khammouan Province
Country:
Laos
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
A few hours before the Christmas bombing halt was due to come into effect, an AC-47 gunship took off from Đà Nẵng for a daylight mission over southern Laos looking for targets of opportunity. When the aircraft was a few miles south of Ban Bac, a mayday call from Spooky 21 was heard by other aircraft in the area but there was no further radio contact with the gunship. Some debris were found in 1995 and some human remains in 2010.
Crew:
Maj Derrell Blackburn Jeffords,
1st Lt Dennis Lee Eilers,
Maj Joseph Christiano,
M/Sgt Larry C. Thornton,
T/Sgt William Kevin Colwell,
S/Sgt Arden Keith Hassenger.
Source: Chris Hobson
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