On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords, which ended the Vietnam War, was signed.
However, on February 5, 1973, the Baron 52, an electronic warfare C-47 aircraft, began a covert and illegal mission to locate North Vietnamese tanks traveling southbound and monitor movement on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Aboard were two teams: the flight crew and a group of technology specialists.
En route, the aircraft was hit by anti-missile fire. After notifying the control tower, the plane went missing, and half of the crew was never found.
Even 4 decades later, many, including some of the men’s family members, still believe that the remaining four airmen were captured by the North Vietnamese and possibly even sent to the USSR to be tortured.
Is the mystery of the Baron 52 an unfortunate accident?
Or did the U.S government bury what could be the last case of prisoners of war taken by Vietnam?
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Cannon fodder. The Vietnam war was a huge success as it accomplished the one thing it was meant to do which was to siphon billions of America's treasure into the bank accounts of a couple of hundred majority shareholders of arms makers.
P.O.W.
M.I.A.
Never Forget
This narrator is on crack or from New York City. SLOOOOOWW DOWN !!
Do one about MAC V SOG
What are they trying to hide?
Great Video.
So the US again invaded a sovereign country and are shocked that countries defend themselves?
Was there not a similar case in Iraq? No attempt to find and save the missing aviator?
Government cover up and another thing that Obama did not do
It was an illegal black ops mission… of course there was coverup.
Where is 0.85x speed when you need it.
Why with all the god damn adds?
C-47s don't have ejection seats. They would have manually bailed out
He's dead, move the fuck on.
The obscene antarctica family queue because cormorant pivotally realise an a high-pitched lunge. neat, silly thistle
It is insane to me that dna testing wasn't done from the get go.
"the aircraft was hit by anti-missile fire". I think what you meant is anti-aircraft missile fire. I don't know why US want to conduct this kind of operation when they knew that Soviets supplied North Vietnamese have very good anti-aircraft missile defense system.
Why is anyone surprised that the government won't admit the truth..they have not cared for soldiers in years ..
R.I.P To all of you God bless
Maybe a new rule should be implemented in every country. The politicians and higher ranks lead. No soldier goes beyond a point one of them hasn't already reached.
Americans classify their breakfast menu. Rediculous
Why wasn't the helicopter that went to the area to search shot down?
The picture is NOT Baron 52.