F BEST DC3 Flight 16 of June 1953

[dionisi]

The plane crashed on Phou Lassi hill close to PAKSE, apparently reported
shot down. Do anybody have heard of this. We lost a young perosn of our family, age 20.

Frederic

[Malcolm Clarke]

From http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530616-0

Accident description
Last updated: 8 May 2012
Status:
Date: 16 JUN 1953
Type: Douglas C-47A-65-DL
Operator: Aigle Azur
Registration: F-BEST
C/n / msn: 19100
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers: Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29
Total: Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Phou-Lassi Hill (Laos)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE) (VTE/VLVT), Laos
Destination airport: Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam
Narrative:
Crashed after fire; wreckage found June 29.

Malcolm.