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C-47 In Vietnam: Featuring The C-47, EC-47 & AC-47

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The first film on this video, produced by the Air Force at Tuy Hoa Air Base, documents activities of Lt Col Preston S. Flanagan of the 31st TFW who flew the same C-47 aircraft that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Video opens with an interview with Col. Flanagan about his experiences with the C-47. Includes Col. Flanagan's preflight inspection (walk-around) of the aircraft. There are excellent exterior and interior shots of the aircraft on the gound and in flight. Good views of the cockpit and instruments. Please note! With the exception of the interview, there is no narration. A music soundtrack has been added. "The Intruders," which features excellent scenes aboard the EC-47, is a narrated film directed at radio operators emphasizing the importance of encoding messages that could fall into the wrong hands. Illustrates the cat and mouse game played by the viet cong who have set up small listening posts to intercept messages and U.S. efforts to electronically find and destroy such listening posts. The next film is titled "Antique Airlines Tan Son Nhut" and covers activities of the 360th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (TEWS) aircrews in support of Combat Cougar (airborne radio direction finding) utilizing the EC-47 specially equipped for the mission. The last part of this video features AC-47 operations in Vietnam. Includes scenes from combat missions.

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: militaryvideocom

Length: 01:42
Rating: 4.53
Views: 16385

Tags: AC-47  Aircraft  C-47  EC-47  Gunship  Spooky  Vietnam  war  

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Cavelson (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
They are the ballsiest guys I know!
xoxoDeegan (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
vulcan m134 mini gun. the getter done model. vulcan means god of fire.
xoxoDeegan (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
vulcan m134. vulcan means god of fire. well put
madmenrule (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
you are a joke,tarasbunba the world would be a better place if everyone thought like you.I think thats what your about,weak!!!!
Tarasbunba (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
modern sotiphicated weapon against kids sleeping in the houses along the road. That was heroic action??????
us66bill (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Feb.1969. Spooky 71, mentioned in this film, was saved by the heroic actions of Airman John Levitow, who was on board when the ship took a mortar round. He was awarded the MOH. Down below, between Long Binh and Bien Hoa, my comrades and I were fighting off a major attack and were being assisted by Spooky 71 and other ships. Rest is peace, John Levitow.
mza131313 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
it looked scary as shit when spooky was in the air. it looked like it was connected to an orange strip while it was shooting at night due to the tracers it fired
IntrinsicValue1948 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I was part of the USAF Security Servioce Crew which crewed the back of the EC-47. We collected Electronics Intelligence for the NSA and via the X Console and the navigator we also located the enemy with ARDF (Airborne Radio Direction Finding). My job was to keep the equipment working and I substituted for all the operators and even the navigator.
gingerninja102 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
all i know is that in vietnam it never lost a single village it defended cool
conagher1880 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
The C-47 is the military version of the DC-3. It's Naval designation was R4D.

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