Date: 27 August 1965 |
Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
Serial Number: 57-6271 |
Military Unit: 6253 CSG |
Service: USAF |
Home Base: Nha Trang |
Name(s): |
1Lt Jerome Elkins (KIA) |
1 crew name unknown (KIA) |
An O-1 Bird Dog failed to return from a visual reconnaissance mission just south of the DMZ. The observer may have been either a South Vietnamese or a member of the US Army. This was the third Bird Dog lost from Nha Trang in a little over a month, all six crewmen being killed |
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