| Date: 11 October 1969 |
| Aircraft type: AC-119G Gunship III |
| Serial Number: 52-5907 |
| Military Unit: Detachment 1, 17 SOS, 14 SOW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Phan Rang detached to Tan Son Nhut |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Col Bernard Richard Knapic (KWF) |
| Maj Moses Lopes Alves (KWF) |
| Maj Jerome James Rice (KWF) |
| Capt John Hooper Hathaway (KWF) |
| SSgt Abraham Lincoln Moore (KWF) |
| SSgt Ellsworth Smith Bradford (KWF) |
| 4 crew, names unknown (Survived) |
| An AC-119 gunship, radio call sign Shadow 76, crashed as it was taking off from Tan Son Nhut when an engine failed and caught fire. With all its armament and ammunition together with a full fuel load the single-engined performance of the AC-119G was insufficient to enable it to stay airborne. Six of the 10 crew were killed in the accident. SSgt Bradford was a photographer with the 600th Photo Squadron. |
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