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Date: 6 September 1967
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2978
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
Lt Col Norris Ray Smith (KWF)
1 crew, name unknown (Survived)

A Bird Dog FAC aircraft crashed near Pleiku as the result of pilot error. The pilot was killed in the accident. Lt Col Smith had been a bomber pilot for many years and had flown most of SAC’s bombers including the supersonic B-58 Hustler.

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