56-0605

On December 27, 1972 at 12:00 AM, 56-0605 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Trùng Quán 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 Andersen AFB, Guam. While overflying the Hanoi area, the aircraft was hit by a SA-2 surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it crashed in Trùng Quán, a district located northeast of Hanoi. Two crew members were killed while four others were taken PoW. Crew: Cpt Frank Lewis, pilot, Cpt Samuel Cusimano, copilot, 1st Lt Bennie Fryer, navigator, † Maj James Condon, radio navigator, Maj Allen Johnson, EWO, † M/Sgt James Gough, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-0605, MSN 17288, year of manufacture 1956.