C-123 Provider and a C-47 fly to Ban Me Thout City with rice
Item
- Title
- C-123 Provider and a C-47 fly to Ban Me Thout City with rice
- Description
- Original caption: "Hq 2AD Tan Son Nhut Afld - Provider and Escorts - A U.S. Air Force C-123 Provider, one of a flight six Providers and a C-47 propels its way towards Ban Me Thout City in the Province of Darlac with a load of rice for the people there. Escorted by four A1H Skyraiders flown by Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots , the flight airlifted 90 tons of rice in two days, USAF's 309th Air Commando Squadron of the 315th Air Commando Group provided the aircraft." Three US Air Force planes in flight. The wing of a fourth plane can be seen in the top right corner.
- Is Format Of
- 363-02477.jpg
- Identifier
- 363-02477
- Date
- 1965, approximate
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane); Provider (Transport planes); Skyraider (Attack plane); Rationing; Rice
- Location
- Tân Sơn Nhứt, South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 10.8185; 106.6588
- Physical Dimensions
- 20 x 25 cm
- Is Part Of
- B145, F1
- Format
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Is Required By
- MS 363
- Collection
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Contributor
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Rights
- These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections
- extracted text
- Item sets
- Keever
- Site pages
- 1965 photos
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