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Date: 5 July 1968
Aircraft type: O-1G Bird Dog
Serial Number: unknown
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
Maj Herman Smits (KIA)
Maj B F Hill (Survived)

Very little is recorded about the loss of this Bird Dog FAC and the death of Maj Smits. The incident occurred in Phu Yen province in South Vietnam while supporting the Republic of Korea’s Tiger Division and Maj Hill was rescued but apart from that little else is known.

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