1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing

When

27 Feb 1962

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

10.78° N, 106.69° E

Description

1962 aerial attack in Saigon

Assassination attempt on the president

On 27 February 1962, the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam, was bombed by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc. The pilots targeted the building, the official residence of the President of South Vietnam, with the aim of assassinating President Ngô Đình Diệm and his immediate family, who acted as political advisors.

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