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Date: 7 May 1970
Aircraft type: OV-10A Bronco
Serial Number: 68-3827
Military Unit: 23 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nakhon Phanom detached to Ubon
Name(s):
Capt Michael L Taylor (Survived)

Another aircraft was lost during a FAC mission in Laos. An OV-10 (call sign Nail 28) was hit twice by ground fire as it flew at 7,000 feet near Ban Tanbok, about 20 miles southwest of the A Shau Valley. One of the engines caught fire and Capt Taylor ejected to be rescued later by a HH-53 helicopter from the 40th ARRS.

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