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Date: 19 October 1968
Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster
Serial Number: 68-6870
Military Unit: 19 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Bien Hoa
Name(s):
Capt Ralph Robert Wensinger (KIA)
Capt Anthony Joseph Pearson (KIA)

An O-2 crew was controlling an air strike on a VC base camp near the Perfume River, 10 miles south of Saigon, when their aircraft (call sign Sleeptime 1) was shot down. Both men were killed when the aircraft crashed before they could escape.

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