Serial | 382-4345 | |||||||||||||||
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Model | AC-130E Hercules | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | mod to AC-130E (date?). w/o 30.03.72 cr 13 miles (21 km) S of Saravane, Laos, while attacking a convoy of trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, it was struck by 57 mm ground fire while flying at an altitude of 7500ft. The pilot attempted to reach Thailand but a fire had started on the starboard wing and all 15 aboard parachuted to safety (with 16 SOS) | |||||||||||||||
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