U-Tapao - U-Tapao

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

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The airplane departed U-Tapao NAS in Thailand under call sign Rose 01 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 into the Huu Tiep Lake located in the center of Hanoi. Two crew members were killed while four others were taken PoW. Crew: Cpt Hal K. Wilson, pilot, Cpt Charles Arthur Brown, copilot, Cpt Richard Waller Cooper, navigator, † Maj Fernando Alexander, radio navigator, Cpt Henry Charles Barrows, EWO, T/Sgt Charlie Sherman Poole, air gunner. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-0608, MSN 17291, year of manufacture 1956.