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On 11 February 1962, a Farm Gate SC-47 on a leaflet drop mission crashed, killing the six airmen, two soldiers and one Vietnamese crewman on board. This was the first of several Farm Gate losses. [3]: 25 Viet Cong (VC) attacks were increasing across the countryside, and there were rising calls for air support to embattled ground troops.
An Operation Farm Gate SC-47 crashed 70 miles north of Saigon while on a leaflet-dropping mission, killing eight Americans (six Air Force and two Army) and one Vietnamese. [14] [15] 14 February. Journalist James Reston published an article in The New York Times stating that "The United States is now involved in an undeclared war in South ...
The crash killed four people and injured 32 others on the ground. The pilot, Captain R. L. Bown, of Seattle, Washington , successfully ejected at 5,000 feet, landed on a car, suffered only bruising. Japanese media questioned why Bown was not able to steer the aircraft away from the residential area before ejecting.
5 April A Curtiss C-46 Commando operating for US Airlines, leased from the USAF, a cargo flight with two occupants inbound from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, crashed 4.4 miles north of Idlewild tower in heavy rain and overcast conditions at the intersection of 169 Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1962 (20 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The crash was between a 2010 International former school bus transporting farm workers and a 2001 Ford Ranger truck and unfolded on State Road 40 at 6:35 a.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A driver who plowed a car into the gates of Buckingham Palace has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, London police said Sunday. The crash early Saturday wasn't considered terrorism ...
In late 1961 4 USAF T-28 pilots from Operation Farm Gate were sent to Nha Trang to train RVNAF crews. [2]: 127 The 2nd Fighter Squadron became fully operation in mid-1962. [2]: 132 It was renamed the 516th Fighter Squadron in January 1963. [2]: 275 In September 1962 the RVNAF 12th Air Base Squadron was formed at the base. [2]: 275