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Date: 2 June 1966
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2832
Military Unit: 23 TASS, 505 TACG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nakhon Phanom
Name(s):
Capt Ben H Witterman (Survived)
Lt Col Marland D Marshall (Survived)

A FAC (call sign Gombey 3) was shot down near Ban Namkop in the Steel Tiger area of southern Laos. The pilot skilfully crash-landed the aircraft and a USAF HH-3C eventually rescued him and his observer.

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