1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
The 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown was the aircraft shootdown of a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules aircraft during the Battle of Kham Duc on May 12, 1968. All 155 people on board were killed. At the time, it was the deadliest aircraft crash in history, is currently the deadliest aviation accident/incident on Vietnamese soil, and remained the deadliest accident involving a U.S. military aircraft until Arrow Air Flight 1285 in 1985.
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1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
The 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown was the aircraft shootdown of a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules aircraft during the Battle of Kham Duc on May 12, 1968. All 155 people on board were killed. At the time, it was the deadliest aircraft crash in history, is currently the deadliest aviation accident/incident on Vietnamese soil, and remained the deadliest accident involving a U.S. military aircraft until Arrow Air Flight 1285 in 1985.
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The 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootd ...... nd the aircraft's crew of six.
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A C-130B similar to the shot down aircraft at Tan Son Nhut AB in 1969
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1968-05-12
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Shootdown
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Kham Duc Airstrip, Kham Duc, South Vietnam
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Kham Duc Airstrip, Kham Duc, South Vietnam
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Aircraft shot down by North Vietnamese Army
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The 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootd ...... Arrow Air Flight 1285 in 1985.
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1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
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