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Date: 24 December 1969
Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster
Serial Number: 68-10999
Military Unit: 19 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Bien Hoa
Name(s):
Sgt Lauren Dean Fritz (KWF)
A1C Patrick Robert Martin (KWF)

On Christmas Eve two airmen stole an O-2 and took off on an unauthorised flight over Phuoc Tuy province. The aircraft crashed after about 12 minutes and both men were killed. Neither of the men were actually aircrew.

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