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Date: 5 June 1969
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2981
Military Unit: 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Phan Thiet
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no aircrew involved (Unknown)

A Bird Dog FAC aircraft was destroyed by a 107mm rocket during a Viet Cong night attack on the airstrip at Phan Thiet. This aircraft was the last of the 310 TL-19D instrument training variant of the Bird Dog to be built. It was later redesignated as an O-1D and then converted to an O-1F model.

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