Active from 1951 to 1975, Air Viet Nam was Vietnam's first commercial air carrier, headquartered in District 1, Saigon. Established under a decree by Chief of State Bảo Đại, the airline operated as a
The 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown was an incident on 23 July 1954, when a Cathay Pacific Airways DC-4/C-54 airliner was shot down by a PLA Air Force fighter aircraft. The event occurred o
A Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 similar to the aircraft shot down
US Air Force SA-16 rescuing survivors
Captain Woodyard carries six-year-old Valerie off the plane