Date: 7 September 1967 |
Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
Serial Number: 56-4177 |
Military Unit: 19 TASS, 504 TASG |
Service: USAF |
Home Base: Bien Hoa |
Name(s): |
Capt Albert Francis Sayer (KIA) |
Capt J J Cappel (Survived) |
A Bird Dog (call sign Jade) on a visual reconnaissance sortie was hit by automatic weapons fire from a group of VC troops. The aircraft crashed just two miles south of the town of Bien Hoa killing the pilot and slightly injuring the observer. |
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