C-7 lost to friendly fire, 1967

[Ken]

http://www.c-7acaribou.com/album/photos/photo02.htm

[Stephan Wilkinson]

Famous photo.

[norman malayney]

Just received the book "Caribou Airlines" by Col. Pat Hanavan detailing C-7 Caribou SEA operations: The First Years: 1966-1967.

On page 285 he states: "Capt. Alan E. Hendrickson, Capt. John D. Wiley, and TSgt Zane A. Carter were shot down while making a landing approach to the strip at Ha Thanh, Republic of Vietnam. A shell from a 155 mm Army artillery battery located just off the approach end of the runway tore the tail section from the aircraft (C-7A 62-4161). The forward section crashed inverted into the Special Forces camp. No crew member survived.

This is from Volume One of a five volume C-7 SEA history -- $20.00 on amazon.com.
Vol. II - Tet Offensive: 1968
Vol. III - Ben Het: 1969
Vol. IV - Dak Pek and Dak Seang: 1970
Vol. V- Vietnamization: 1971-1972

Norman Malayney

Just received the book "Caribou Airlines" by Col. Pat Hanavan detailing C-7 Caribou SEA operations: The First Years: 1966-1967.

On page 285 he states: "Capt. Alan E. Hendrickson, Capt. John D. Wiley, and TSgt Zane A. Carter were shot down while making a landing approach to the strip at Ha Thanh, Republic of Vietnam. A shell from a 155 mm Army artillery battery located just off the approach end of the runway tore the tail section from the aircraft (C-7A 62-4161) The forward section crashed inverted into the Special Forces camp. No crew member survived.

This is from Volume One of a five volume C-7 SEA history -- $20.00 on amazon.com.
Vol. II - Tet Offensive: 1968
Vol. III - Ben Het: 1969
Vol. IV - Dak Pek and Dak Seang: 1970
Vol. V- Vietnamization: 1971-1972

Norman Malayney

Interesting and tragic story about the Caribou shot down by the friendly 155mm fire. Sounds like an interesting series of books planned on the Caribou. With a 258 page volume I and 4 more Volumes sounds like probably overkill of the subject except for people who were there or those with an INTENSE interest in USAF operations of the Caribou in Southeast Asia. It would be nice to see a good one volume history that covered the wartime history of the Caribou and the C-123 Provider.