| Date: 9 March 1965 |
| Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 55-4719 |
| Military Unit: 19 TASS, 34 TG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Bien Hoa |
| Name(s): |
| 2 crew names unknown (Survived) |
| A Bird Dog FAC aircraft crashed during a training flight due to pilot error.
From this date the JCS directed that the US units based in South Vietnam have a greater degree of autonomy. Although restrictions remained on the employment of US aircraft when VNAF air power was available, the necessity to carry VNAF ‘observers’ was relaxed and the USAF and Army aircraft based in South Vietnam could now fly in US markings rather than VNAF markings. |
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