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Date: 4 April 1970
Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster
Serial Number: 68-11058
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
1Lt John Everett Duffy (KIA)

An O-2 (call sign Jake) was flying under low cloud on a visual reconnaissance mission in the Quang Ngai region when it failed to return to its base at Da Nang. The aircraft is thought to have been shot down near the village of Ba To, about 20 miles south of Quang Ngai, and 1Lt Duffy was probably killed in the crash. His remains were returned to the USA in May 1993 and identity confirmed in March 1996.

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