| Date: 6 August 1967 |
| Aircraft type: F-4C Phantom |
| Serial Number: 63-7639 |
| Military Unit: 390 TFS, 366 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| Maj D R Conway (Survived) |
| 1Lt F W Dahl (Survived) |
| Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 57-2825 |
| Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| no aircrew involved (Unknown) |
| Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 56-2536, 56-2672 |
| Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| no aircrew involved (Unknown) |
| Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster |
| Serial Number: 67-21317, 67-21322 |
| Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| no aircrew involved (Unknown) |
| A flight of Phantoms from Da Nang was despatched on a night road reconnaissance mission near the Mu Gia Pass when it encountered several trucks. Maj Conway made one pass over the target and then came round for a second run but his aircraft (call sign Moonstone) was hit by AAA. The Phantom remained airworthy and the crew nursed their crippled aircraft all the way back to Da Nang where Maj Conway made a crash landing. Unfortunately the aircraft veered off the runway and hit a line of parked FAC aircraft belonging to the 20th TASS. Three O-1s and two of the new O-2s were destroyed by impact damage and fire fed by fuel from the Phantom. Although the crew of the Phantom escaped unharmed the aircraft was so badly damaged by the flak and the subsequent crash landing that it had to be scrapped. |
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