PHU THO AIRFIELD NORTH VIETNAM 2123N 10512E (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 9, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHU THO AIRFIELD
NORTH VIETNAM
212~N 10512E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD SHOWS THE STRIKE DAMAGE INFLICTED UPON
PHU THO AIRFIELD AND ITS VICINITY.
2. REMARKS:
PHOTOGRAPHY OF OCTOBER 1965 REVEALED RESURFACING ACTIVITY AT
PHU THO AIRFIELD.
STRIKE DATA REPORTS THAT TWENTY-FOUR USAF AIRCRAFT, SUPPORTED
BY TWENTY-ONE ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT, STRUCK PHU THO AIRFIELD ON 22
NOVEMBER 1965. ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF TWENTY 1000-POUND
GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY 750-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE
BOMBS, AND 20 MM AMMUNITION.
3. LOCATION:
PHU THO AIRFIELD IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF PHU THO COMPLEX
AND FORTY-TWO NM NORTHWEST OF HANOI.
4. COLLATERAL:
A REPATRIATE, WHO RESIDED IN PHU THO FOR SEVEN YEARS, SKETCHED
THE AREA JUST NORTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD IN THE VICINITY OF THE
ATHLETIC FIELD. INCLUDED IN THIS GENERAL AREA ARE/WERE THE PROVINCIAL
PROPAGANDA BUREAU, THE PROVINCIAL EDUCATION OFFICE, OTHER GOVERNMENT
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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BUILDINGS, AND A MILITARY CAMP. THE ONLY CIVILIAN SCHOOL IDENTIFIED
IN THE PHU THO AREA WAS LOCATED BY THE SAME SOURCE NEAR THE CENTER
OF TOWN. (DATE OF INFORMATION 1959)
5. DIVLEIESIONS/SPECIFICATIONS:
THE AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF A 4,600 X 170 FT., E/W, UNSERVICEABLE
GRADED EARTH RUNWAY.
6. MISSION READOUT:
POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY BOMB CRATERS ON AND NEAR THE RUNWAY. FOUR
OTHER AREAS NEAR THE AIRFIELD HAVE ALSO BEEN STRUCK:
A. IN THE AREA JUST NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD, TWELVE BUILDINGS
ARE DESTROYED, AND TWENTY-THREE BUILDINGS ARE DAMAGED (FOURTEEN
SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE).
B. IN THE AREA LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND YARDS
NORTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD, ONE BUILDING IS SEVERELY DAMAGED.
C. IN THE AREA LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EAST END OF THE
RUNWAY, EIGHTEEN BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED AND APPROXIMATELY SEVEN
BUILDINGS ARE DAMAGED.
D. IN THE AREA LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND YARDS
SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD, TWO BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED AND ONE
BUILDING IS DAMAGED.
THE TOTAL DAMAGE INFLICTED UPON THIS AREA IS THIRTY-TWO BUILDINGS
DESTROYED AND THIRTY-TWO BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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