58-0201

On December 18, 1972 at 12:00 AM, 58-0201 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Yên Viên Hà N<U+1ED9>i City District.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The airplane departed Andersen AFB on Guam Island with six crew members on board, taking part to the Linebacker II mission over Vietnam. While flying over Hanoi, the airplane was hit by enemy fire (SA-2 surface to air missile). The airplane lost height and crashed in a field located in Yên Viên and was destroyed. Three crew members were taken PoW while three others were killed. Crew: Lt Col Donald Louis Rissi, pilot, † 1st Lt Robert James Thomas, copilot, † Cpt Richard Thomas Simpson, EWO, Cpt Robert Glenn Certain, navigator, Maj Richard Edgar Johnson, radio navigator, M/Sgt Walter Lee Ferguson, air gunner. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 58-0201, MSN 464269, year of manufacture 1958.