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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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