Date: 15 November 1967 |
Aircraft type: O-1G Bird Dog |
Serial Number: 51-16876 |
Military Unit: 22 TASS, 504 TASG |
Service: USAF |
Home Base: Binh Thuy |
Name(s): |
Capt E F Saunders (Survived) |
1 crew, name unknown (Survived) |
An O-1 Bird Dog (call sign Bart 9) had its engine put out of action by ground fire while on a FAC mission over an island in the mouth of the Mekong Delta, 15 miles east of Soc Trang. Capt Saunders crash-landed his aircraft near the village of Tie Can and he and his observer were rescued by an Army helicopter. |
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