U-Tapao - U-Tapao

On December 26, 1972 at 09:48 PM, U-Tapao - U-Tapao experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Hanoi 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 was engaged in the Linebacker II mission over North Vietnam, carrying six crew members from U-Tapao NAS. While overflying the Hanoi area, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a North Vietnam MiG-21 fighter and crashed in the district of Giáp Nh<U+1ECB> in Hanoi. Two crew members were killed four others were rescued and taken PoW. Crew: Cpt Robert John Morris Jr., pilot, † 1st Lt Robert Markham Hudson, copilot, 1st Lt Duane Paul Vavroch, navigator, Col Michael Harold La Beau, radio navigator, Cpt Nutter Jerome Wimbrow III, EWO, † M/Sgt James Raymond Cook, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-0674, MSN 464045, year of manufacture 1956.