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Description The U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider (s/n 56-4362) in Vietnam in the summer of 1971. Unlike most C-123s later in the war, this aircraft was not camouflaged. The natural metal was a way to indicate to the communists it was spraying to control the mosquitoes—a common enemy—thereby making it less likely to be shot at. This was obviously not very successful, as the aircraft was named "Patches". It is today preserved at the National Museum of the USAF at Dayton, Ohio (USA). The aircraft took almost 600 hits in combat, and it was named Patches for the damage repairs that covered it. Moreover, seven of its crew received the Purple Heart for wounds received in battle. "Patches" was accepted by the USAF in 1957 as a C-123B, and it went to Vietnam in 1961 to fly as a low-level defoliant sprayer. In 1965, it was redesignated to UC-123B. At about the same time, "Patches" became a dedicated insecticide sprayer to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and in 1968, Fairchild converted it to a UC-123K. "Patches" came back to the U.S. in 1972, and served in the Air Force Reserve as a C-123K until it was retired to the USAF Museum in 1980.
Date 1971
Source National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 071002-F-1234P-008
Author USAF

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