Đà Nẵng Air Base: 366th SPS, NAVY EC-121 crash, Naval Cryptologic History. 16 Mar. 1970.

Mar. 16, 1970 EC121 Crash at Đà Nàng

NAVAL
CRYPTOLOGIC
HISTORY:

March 16, 1970
Nine crew survive crash of VQ-1
23 Dead.
EC-121 at Đà Nàng, Vietnam.

A B&W looking toward the Navy AWACS EC-121 crash that crashed into
the baseball field next to the power plant. March 16, 1970
[Bob Kuzmicki photo]

Another view of the crash
[Bob Kuzmicki photo]

Rent the NBC Archive news video of this incident at:

Headline: Vietnam / Plane Crash / Rice(Studio) United States spy plane kills 22 in Đà Nàng crash. Vietnam rice on black market
REPORTER: Chet Huntley

(Loc Hoi, South Vietnam) Vietnam farmers hoarding rice to raise price; VC, black market buying much of government rice; rice shortage creating dissatisfaction with South Vietnam leaders
REPORTER: Lou. Davis

Headline: Vietnam / Plane Crash / Rice(Studio) United States spy plane kills 22 in Đà Nàng crash. Vietnam rice on black market
REPORTER: Chet Huntley (Loc Hoi, South Vietnam) Vietnam farmers hoarding rice to raise price; VC, black market buying much of government rice; rice shortage creating dissatisfaction with South Vietnam leaders
REPORTER: Lou. Davis

Courtesy of https://www.navyct.com/d_biglook.shtml

16 March 1970 EC-121 Crash - Đà Nàng Air Base, RVN Memorial Site

(Below photos, and many others can be viewed at the Memorial Site link)

by Jack Peterson and Gerald W. Martin

DET- of Crash: David (Dave) S. Branks