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Bien Hoa Air Base Vietnam May 16 1965 Conflagration / Fire



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As far as I know this is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;)
This was one of the largest base fires in the US History. It would have been much larger if emergency crews didn't respond so fast. As far as I know this is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;)Fire at Bien Hoa Air Base Vietnam May 1
6, 1965, explosions and cleanup (FOD patrol). This was mishap was investigated and determined to be accidental "Large numbers of USAF strike aircraft were sent to bases where pavement for aircraft parking was at a premium. Aircraft were parked wing tip to wing tip, vulnerable to an accidental expl
osion or enemy attack. A need for aircraft revetments was dramatically brought home on 16 May 1965 when the explosion of a bomb under the wing of a loaded B-57 aircraft set off a chain reaction of explosions on the parking apron at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam. Forty aircraft were destroyed, 26
Americans killed, and over 60 wounded." http://www.vspa.com/bien-hoa-godfrey-b57-explosion-1965.htm "On May 16, 1965, while waiting to takeoff on a mission, a B-57B exploded on the ground at Bien Hoa, setting off a whole chain of secondary explosions. The resulting conflagration destroyed ten B-57s
, eleven VNAF A-1H Skyraiders, and a US Navy F-8 Crusader. The surviving B-57s were transferred to Tan Son Nhut and continued to fly sorties on a reduced scale until the losses could be made good. Some B-57Bs had to be transferred to Vietnam from the Air National Guard, and 12 B-57Es had to be withd
rawn from target-towing duties and reconfigured as bombers to make good these losses." http://kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/OtherUnits/Howitwasb_a.html


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Aircrafts destroyed ... ( 1 year ago by saigonpunkid)
Aircrafts destroyed: 10 B-57, 11 A-1 of theRVN air force, 1 F-8 Navy.
My dad fought in ... ( 11 months ago by JokerKidd4life)
My dad fought in that war and was shot in the leg with a rocket bomb.Its still in his leg 2.
LOST some friends ... ( 11 months ago by 2816uoc)
LOST some friends that day.Thanks and well done.
Was there in a ... ( 10 months ago by droof82)
Was there in a bunker outside 118th Avn. Co.Maint. hanger.
We did not know what started it until later.
Do not remember how much later. Many rumors about a VC mortar attack.
I worked for an old ... ( 10 months ago by Darknamja)
I worked for an old TSgt who survived this incident. Thus the advent of QD and revetments between parked and loaded aircraft and the priciple of exposing the minimal amount of people to the minimal amount of munitions.
u must be a joker, ... ( 10 months ago by hjlkfhyjdl)
u must be a joker,kid
I was there May 16 ... ( 10 months ago by ronaldcherry)
I was there May 16 1965 8AM. Not til 11AM did we find out it was an accident. Base mailman Cherry.Very scary.
I was there in 71 ... ( 10 months ago by 18SOSSTINGER)
I was there in 71 with Stinger gunship and Spectre C-130. Shot-off about 15,000 rounds, then headed for DaNang.
great comments, wow ... ( 10 months ago by icunowlibra)
great comments, wow. thanks
I was there during ... ( 9 months ago by oldvetnam)
I was there during the Bien Hoa mishap. We had bombs going off all day, that were hot,from various. Some time delay fuses on some of the bombs blowed all over the runway went off 3 days, 20mms filled the air the first day. We had two chow halls we used as hospitals,Tables turned into temporary beds, burns, schrapnel, all types of wounds. Does anyone out there know how many men we lost? I know it was over a 100 wounded. oldvetnam
WOW! How come I've ... ( 9 months ago by sgtegart)
WOW! How come I've never heard about this before? I'm a VietNam vet and went thru Bien Hoa on my way to my assignment in country.Looks like a bad day for all concerned!
Very interesting ... ( 9 months ago by livardo)
Very interesting reading the accounts from people that were there. War is hell, thank you for your service (from a Canuck working in NJ)
Thanks for posting ... ( 9 months ago by bienwah)
Thanks for posting this. similar to what I took of this incident. I worked in an old VN hangar as heavy equip mechanic. This was close to the Husky pad too. I was almost blown out of my rack that morning, got my fatigues/boots on and grabbed my AR-15, camera a boogied down to the shop. All the walls were blown out of my shop, bombs, etc going off. It took awhile for things to settle down, then maybe, the next day we went out to do the FOD 'walk'. I still have a piece of melted aluminum(nono?.
I very much dount ... ( 9 months ago by Sanderniet)
I very much dount it; the B-57 is a jet aircraft.
why do your 2 ... ( 7 months ago by agricolae101)
why do your 2 sources, as you cite say different quantities of destroyed aircraft?
This was my third ... ( 5 months ago by headley62)
This was my third birthday. My dad took me out and let me pick out my very own peddle car. I chose a black one. I have never seen a black peddle car other than the one I had. Very happy memory. Jim
my oldest brother ... ( 5 months ago by dizzy0056)
my oldest brother served 2 stints at Bien Hoa AFB from 1964-68 and was there during this particular rocket attack, he lost many of his buddies and he was never the same after returning home in 68. His name: Sgt Michael W Dismuke, my understanding he loaded rockets on Hueys and bombs on planes. From his letters, they rocketed that base nearly every night. He died yesterday taking his own life at 62, so maybe he really is in a much better place. Thank you so much for posting this.
There was a lot of ... ( 5 months ago by oldvetnam)
There was a lot of men going through each day, it didnot last but about 2 days, into the early morning hours of the next. So I am sure a lot of troops thankfully missed it.
A real mess. Old Vet
I am replying to my ... ( 5 months ago by oldvetnam)
I am replying to my own posting. Is there anyone out there that knows how many were killed and wounded? Count? You had to be there to see what a real mess it was, people and equipment.oldvetnam
dizzy0056: ... ( 5 months ago by ATFSCrash)
dizzy0056: Allegedly this mishap was not found to be from enemy fire. I think the base was fired on many times, but not the day of this mishap. I think this mishap was found to be a bomb prematurely detonated. I think it was a handling error. (Not from enemy fire).
As said in the ... ( 5 months ago by ATFSCrash)
As said in the video description and links.
"Forty aircraft were destroyed, 26 Americans killed, and over 60 wounded." As normal I think there is some apparent minor discrepancy on the figures. IE preliminary and final counts or how the figures are tallied. Some wounded might have later died, and some aircraft might have been later written
off due to damage.
What is described ... ( 1 month ago by 12sps)
What is described by the United States government as "an accidental explosion of a bomb on one aircraft which spread to others" at the Bien Hoa air base leaves 27 U.S. servicemen and 4 South Vietnamese dead and some 95 Americans injured. More than 40 U.S. and South Vietnamese planes, including 10 B-57s, were destroyed.
I was there that ... ( 1 month ago by mule98j)
I was there that day, 173'd. We were on perimeter to the north of the runways. At first we thought it was a mortar attack. Later we learned that the explosions started when a starting procedure on one of the aircraft malfunctioned. Bombs on some of the aircraft began to explode, then hundreds of barrels of JP4 went up like an A-bomb. Pieces of aircraft and ordnance rained down. I went down to help. EOD men blew up unexploded bombs for a couple of days. I shot dogs, our medics helped the wounded.
amazing...didn't ... ( 4 weeks ago by wrhester)
amazing...didn't know about this..my dad was stationed there about 3 yrs later



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