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Date: 2 October 1968
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2827
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
Maj A F Mason (Survived)
Capt R Meadows (Survived)

A Bird Dog (call sign Walt 5) was shot down by ground fire during a FAC mission about 10 miles northwest of Da Lat and 55 miles from its base at Nha Trang. The two crew survived their ordeal and were rescued by a US Army helicopter.

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