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Date: 11 May 1970
Aircraft type: O-2A Skymaster
Serial Number: 67-21341
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Lt Col Jerry William Pyle (KIA)

An O-2 (call sign Lopez) on a FAC sortie was shot down by .50 calibre ground fire near Hoi An, about 12 miles southeast of Da Nang. The pilot may have been wounded as he did not bail out of the aircraft before it hit the ground.

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