Accident Vertol CH-21C 55-4220,
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Date:Friday 11 January 1963
Time:night
Type:Vertol CH-21C
Owner/operator:United States Army Aviation
Registration: 55-4220
MSN: C.174
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Thanh Binh, SVN -   Vietnam
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Soc Trang
Destination airport:Saigon
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed while flying over Mekong River Delta about 60 miles SW of Saigon.

Sources:

Toledo Blade 13 January 1963, p1
- JF Baugher
El Litoral 13 January 1963, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Apr-2013 15:26 TB Added
17-Apr-2013 09:54 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
21-Apr-2013 16:26 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Aug-2013 07:38 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-May-2015 18:29 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]

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