| Date: 21 September 1967 |
| Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 56-2516 |
| Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| Capt James Harrell Bennett (DOW) |
| 1 crew, name unknown (Survived) |
| An O-1 (call sign Covey) was hit in the engine by small arms fire soon after taking off from Khe Sanh. With the aircraft on fire Capt Bennett attempted to crash-land the aircraft but he was killed and his observer, probably a US Marine, was injured. |
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