| Date: 25 March 1967 |
| Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 56-2509 |
| Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Nha Trang |
| Name(s): |
| 1Lt John Wayne Mower (KIA) |
| Sgt Albert Clifton Files (US Army) (KIA) |
| The danger to FACs and helicopters that operated from remote strips and bases in enemy-infested territory was definitely on the increase. The pilot and observer of a Bird Dog were killed on the 25th when their aircraft (call sign Elliot 1) was shot down by small arms fire as it was taking off from a landing ground called Plateau, 20 miles northeast of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
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