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Date: 14 September 1967
Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster
Serial Number: 67-21314
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Capt Gardner Brewer (KIA)

Although two O-2s had been lost during an airfield attack on 6 August, the first O-2 to be lost in the air was shot down on 14 September. Capt Brewer (call sign Togo 8) was returning to Da Nang from a FAC mission when he was shot down by ground fire about seven miles northeast of Quang Ngai. The aircraft crashed in flames and Capt Brewer was killed instantly.

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