ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332618
| Date: | Friday 18 June 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman HU-16B Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-5287 |
| MSN: | G-168 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 200 km off North Vietnamese coast -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Albatross was on a rescue mission from Guam to Vietnam when it crashed and sank about 200 km off the North Vietnamese coast. The crew was rescued by a Norwegian ship. The amphibian plane was searching for the crew of two USAF B-52F bombers (57-0047 and 57-0179) that collided in the area.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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