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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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