ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-2 registration unknown Laos
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Date:Friday 12 January 1968
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-2
Operator:North Vietnamese Air Force
Registration: registration unknown
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:within Laos (   Laos)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Four Antonov An-2 aircraft of the North Vietnamese Air Force had departed on a mission to destroy a US radar base in Laos that was guiding bombers in attacks against targets in North Vietnam. Also known as Site 85, the radar facility was perched atop a
5,800-foothigh mountain, Phou Pha Thi. While performing bombing and strafing passes, two aircraft were shot down.
One was shot down by a crew member aboard a Bell UH-1D helicopter operated by Air America. The other was reportedly brought down by small arms fire.

Sources:
» An Air Combat First / CIA
» New York Times, 17-1-1968


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