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Date: 5 March 1968
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2813
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
Capt W T Abbey (Survived)

An O-1 (call sign Cider 1) was shot down by ground fire in South Vietnam as it was en route to its assigned area for a visual reconnaissance mission. Capt Abbey was rescued having sustained only minor injuries.

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