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Date: 5 June 1967
Aircraft type: O-1G Bird Dog
Serial Number: 50-1640
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang detached to An Khe
Name(s):
Capt Douglas Holman Butterfield (KIA)

The 20th TASS maintained a detachment of aircraft at An Khe which was an important 1st Cavalry Division base. Capt Butterfield (call sign Rash 1) was flying a visual reconnaissance mission when he was shot down by ground fire about five miles northeast of the base.

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