Date: 31 October 1966 |
Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
Serial Number: 55-4669 |
Military Unit: 19 TASS, 505 TACG |
Service: USAF |
Home Base: Bien Hoa |
Name(s): |
Capt P G Knight (Survived) |
A1C R E Hemvree (Survived) |
A Bird Dog on a FAC mission was detached to a strip near Song Be City near the Cambodian border. As it took off from the strip it was hit in the port wing by small arms fire. The aircraft crashed near the strip but the pilot and his observer were recovered with only minor injuries. |
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