Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 9, 1966 (3 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 9, 1966 near Shau Valley Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam with 3 fatalities.

An AC47D gunship flew below the clouds to attack enemy troops around the A Shau Special Forces camp and was hit by ground fire. It lost one engine, the other caught fire, and it crash landed on a mountain slope about 5 miles north of the camp. Three crew members were killed.

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