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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