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Date: 30 December 1966
Aircraft type: O-1G Bird Dog
Serial Number: 51-11955
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
1 pilot name unknown (Survived)

The 504th TASG was activated at Bien Hoa on 8 December to replace the 505th TACG as the supervising organisation for the USAF’s FAC squadrons in Southeast Asia. Operational control of the FACs remained vested in the local Army Corps and Divisions. During a visual reconnaissance flight a Bird Dog crashed as a result of pilot error.

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