douglas c-54d-5-dc (dc4) (xv-nuj)

Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) (Registration: XV-NUJ)
The DC-4 took off from Vientiane-Wattay at 08:25 for an IFR flight to Saigon. Last radio contact was at 10:32 when the crew reported over PE5 (a reporting point on the G67 airway) flying at FL110. It appeared the aircraft had crashed 25 km SW of Pleiku. The wreckage could not be examined due to hostile conditions in the area.

Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 (6 crew / 20 passengers)
  1. AIR AMERICA Seidl, Robert Lee

    SURNAME Seidl FORENAME Robert Lee UNIT pilot RANK Civilian NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 12th March 1975 AGE 41 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 08.04.1933 Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA father Hilary J. Seidl (1909-1983) mother Mae J. (nee Buyarski) Seidl (1909-1994) wife Alice...
  2. AIR AMERICA Miller, George Compton

    SURNAME Miller FORENAME George Compton UNIT RANK Civilian NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 12th March 1975 AGE 53 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 02.10.1921 Huntsville, Alabama, USA father Harry C. Miller mother Alice R. (nee Murray) 14.11.1942 entered service U.S. Navy...
  3. AIR AMERICA Dolan, Edward Vincent

    SURNAME Dolan FORENAME Edward Vincent UNIT RANK Civilian NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 12th March 1975 AGE 51 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 24.12.1923, Columbia, South Carolina, USA graduated Bellows High School graduated Mount Herman School graduated Syracuse University...
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