FAIRCHILD C-123K PROVIDER (REGISTRATION: 54-0600)
On December 13, 1968, a C-123K Provider (tail number 54-0600, call sign "Candlestick 44") with a crew of seven left Nakhon Phanom Air Base, Thailand, for a mission over Savannakhet Province, Laos. The Provider was the forward air controller for another aircraft on the same mission, and the two aircraft collided. The crews of other aircraft in the area saw a large fireball that seemed to break up into three smaller fireballs and crash. It was later determined that one of the aircraft broke in two during the collision, accounting for the three fireballs observed. The pilot of the C-123K parachuted to the ground and was picked up by a search and rescue (SAR) team later the same day. He was the only individual to survive the collision; no other parachutes were observed and no other rescue beeper signals were received. SAR efforts continued for several more hours after rescuing the pilot but no other remains were found or recovered.
SURNAME
Walker
FORENAME
Samuel Franklin,Jr (Sam)
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
226545097
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
26
GRAVESITE
Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court A)
ADDITIONAL...
SURNAME
Dailey
FORENAME
Douglas Vincent
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
363361336
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
32
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Waterford,Michigan
born 30.6.1936 Michigan
married
award Air...
SURNAME
Donahue
FORENAME
Morgan Jefferson
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
560587424
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Alexandria,Virginia
born 2.5.1944 Virginia
son of Vincent...
SURNAME
Albright
FORENAME
John Scott II
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
585105501
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Huntington,West Virginia
born 7.11.1945
single
navigator...
SURNAME
Fanning
FORENAME
Joseph Peter
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
111342306
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
34
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Long Island,New York
born 25.6.1944 New York
married
attended...
SURNAME
Clarke
FORENAME
Fred Lee
UNIT
606 Special Operations Squadron (56 S.O. Wing)
RANK
Technical Sergeant
NUMBER
237428092
DATE OF DEATH
13th December 1968
AGE
36
GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
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