| Date: 14 July 1969 |
| Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 51-12505 |
| Military Unit: 19 TASS, 504 TASG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Bien Hoa detached to Quan Loi |
| Name(s): |
| Maj F J Floyd (Survived) |
| An Loc was under increasing pressure from enemy forces and operations in and out of the airfield were never free from a degree of risk. On the 14th a Bird Dog aircraft (call sign Rod) was hit by automatic weapons fire as it took off on a visual reconnaissance mission. The engine stopped but Maj Floyd made a successful crash-landing and was recovered by an Army patrol and brought back to the base. |
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