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	==Accidents==		==Accidents==
	11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.		11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.

	According to Maj. Walt Langford, a fellow 609th pilot and friend of the Navigator, Captain Callanan, the plane crashed during troubleshooting procedures. "He (Capt. Callanan) died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."		According to Maj. Walt Langford, a fellow 609th pilot and friend of the Navigator, Captain Callanan, the plane crashed during troubleshooting procedures. "He (Capt. Callanan) died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."

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	673 at Nakhon Phanom Air Base in 1968. <br>		673 at Nakhon Phanom Air Base in 1968. <br>
	[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]		[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]

	The original captions that came with this set of photos below stated that the identity of the plane was not known, but that it was crash at NKP which resulted in the plane being written off. Only two planes crashed at NKP, both due to fuel starvation as a contributing factor. One plane, [[64-17643]], was an RB-26K variant with a glass nose. This photo set clearly shows that the plane had a gun-nose, which makes it 64-17673 by process of elimination. The details of the crash for 673 say that the crash was likely due to fuel starvation and a main gear failure and that both the pilot and the copilot were killed. The images here are in line with that description of the events. Further ID can be made by comparing the navigator's side engine cowling. In image #3 below there is a light square of paint on the forward, outboard, starboard engine cowl. If you examine the photo above you can see this same, lighter color spot just behind the man working on the engine. <br>
	~~[[File:64-17673.crash.jpg\|600px]]<br>~~
	~~[[File:64-17673.crash-2.jpg\|600px]]<br>~~
	~~[[File:64-17673.crash-3.jpg\|600px]]<br>~~

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.		11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.

	According to Maj. Walt Langford, a fellow 609th pilot and friend of the Navigator, Captain Callanan, the plane crashed during troubleshooting procedures. "He died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."		According to Maj. Walt Langford, a fellow 609th pilot and friend of the Navigator, Captain Callanan, the plane crashed during troubleshooting procedures. "He (Capt. Callanan) died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."

			Further details by fellow Nimrod pilot Al Shortt were provided: "(the plane) was totaled. It rolled into the dead engine, not the opposite direction, went straight in and burned, just missing the bomb dump."

	==Crew==		==Crew==

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	11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.		11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.

	According to a friend of the ~~pilot~~, Captain Callanan, "He died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."		According to Maj. Walt Langford, a fellow 609th pilot and friend of the Navigator, Captain Callanan, the plane crashed during troubleshooting procedures. "He died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."

	==Crew==		==Crew==

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	==Crew==		==Crew==
	Cpt. [[Neal E. Monette]] - Pilot - KIA<br>		Cpt. [[Neal Emil Monette]] - Pilot - KIA<br>
	Maj. [[John Vincent Callanan]] - Navigator - KIA		Maj. [[John Vincent Callanan]] - Navigator - KIA

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	==Accidents==		==Accidents==
	11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.		11 Mar 1969 - Crashed due to fuel starvation and landing gear problem.

			According to a friend of the pilot, Captain Callanan, "He died in a crash landing at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, after returning from a night interdiction mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Laos. While preparing to land, he and his pilot had a cockpit indication that one of the wheels was not down and locked. They attempted to get positive verification from ground observers that the landing gear was down, and made several low and slow passes over the flight line. On the last one, about midway down the field, the right engine quit because of fuel starvation and the plane rolled to the left and went straight into the ground. There were no survivors."

	==Crew==		==Crew==

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	==Crew==		==Crew==
	Cpt. [[Neal E. Monette]] - Pilot - KIA<br>		Cpt. [[Neal E. Monette]] - Pilot - KIA<br>
	Maj. [[John V. Callanan]] - Navigator - KIA		Maj. [[John Vincent Callanan]] - Navigator - KIA

	==Disposition==		==Disposition==

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	[[Category:Needs Research]]		[[Category:Needs Research]]
	[[Category:In Accident]]		[[Category:In Accident]]
			[[Category:Have Photo]]

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	[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]		[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]

	The original captions that came with this set of photos below stated that the identity of the plane was not known, but that it was crash at NKP which resulted in the plane being written off. Only two planes crashed at NKP, both due to fuel starvation as a contributing factor. One plane, [[64-17643]], was an RB-26K variant with a glass nose. This photo set clearly shows that the plane had a gun-nose, which makes it 64-17673 by process of elimination. The details of the crash for 673 say that the crash was likely due to fuel starvation and a main gear failure and that both the pilot and the copilot were killed. The images here are in line with that description of the events. Further ID can be made by comparing the navigator's side engine cowling. In image #3 below there is a light square of paint on the forward, outboard, starboard engine cowl. If you examine the photo above you can see this same, lighter color spot just behind the man working in the ~~cockpit~~. <br>		The original captions that came with this set of photos below stated that the identity of the plane was not known, but that it was crash at NKP which resulted in the plane being written off. Only two planes crashed at NKP, both due to fuel starvation as a contributing factor. One plane, [[64-17643]], was an RB-26K variant with a glass nose. This photo set clearly shows that the plane had a gun-nose, which makes it 64-17673 by process of elimination. The details of the crash for 673 say that the crash was likely due to fuel starvation and a main gear failure and that both the pilot and the copilot were killed. The images here are in line with that description of the events. Further ID can be made by comparing the navigator's side engine cowling. In image #3 below there is a light square of paint on the forward, outboard, starboard engine cowl. If you examine the photo above you can see this same, lighter color spot just behind the man working on the engine. <br>
	[[File:64-17673.crash.jpg\|600px]]<br>		[[File:64-17673.crash.jpg\|600px]]<br>
	[[File:64-17673.crash-2.jpg\|600px]]<br>		[[File:64-17673.crash-2.jpg\|600px]]<br>

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	[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]		[[File:64-17673.jpg\|600px]]

	The original captions that came with this set of photos below stated that the identity of the plane was not known, but that it was crash at NKP which resulted in the plane being written off. Only two planes crashed at NKP, both due to fuel starvation as a contributing factor. One plane, [[64-17643]], was an RB-26K variant with a glass nose. This photo set clearly shows that the plane had a gun-nose, which makes it 64-17673 by process of elimination. The details of the crash for 673 say that the crash was likely due to fuel starvation and a main gear failure and that both the pilot and the copilot were killed. The images here are in line with that description of the events. <br>		The original captions that came with this set of photos below stated that the identity of the plane was not known, but that it was crash at NKP which resulted in the plane being written off. Only two planes crashed at NKP, both due to fuel starvation as a contributing factor. One plane, [[64-17643]], was an RB-26K variant with a glass nose. This photo set clearly shows that the plane had a gun-nose, which makes it 64-17673 by process of elimination. The details of the crash for 673 say that the crash was likely due to fuel starvation and a main gear failure and that both the pilot and the copilot were killed. The images here are in line with that description of the events. Further ID can be made by comparing the navigator's side engine cowling. In image #3 below there is a light square of paint on the forward, outboard, starboard engine cowl. If you examine the photo above you can see this same, lighter color spot just behind the man working in the cockpit. <br>
	[[File:64-17673.crash.jpg\|600px]]<br>		[[File:64-17673.crash.jpg\|600px]]<br>
	[[File:64-17673.crash-2.jpg\|600px]]<br>		[[File:64-17673.crash-2.jpg\|600px]]<br>