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Date: 24 May 1966
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-6028
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 505 TACG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Pleiku
Name(s):
Capt Joseph Anthony Machowski (KIA)

The toll of FAC aircraft continued with the loss of a Bird Dog near the town of Plei Toun Brieng, 20 miles west of Pleiku and only 10 miles from the border with Cambodia. The aircraft was hit by ground fire that was thought to have wounded or killed the pilot.

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