fairchild c-123b provider (54-0611)

FAIRCHILD C-123B PROVIDER (REGISTRATION: 54-0611)
On January 31, 1967, a UC-123 Provider (tail number 54-0611, call sign "Cowboy 11") carrying five crew members was one of three aircraft on a defoliation mission over Laos and was escorted by two fighters. As the group flew in a trail formation, "Cowboy 11" turned on its sprayer for seconds and then turned it off, and then began to wallow before it flipped over and crashed into the ground below. Other air crews on the flight reported there was little possibility of survivors. The fighter escorts remained in the area to survey the crash site but saw no signs of any of the five "Cowboy 11" crew members among the wreckage.