O-2A s/n 67-21305
Manufactured by Cessna Aircraft, in Wichita, Kansas and gained by the U.S. Air Force on May 22nd 1967. Oct 1967 To 504th Tactical Air Support Group (Pacific Air Forces), Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.
May 1968 To Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
Nov 1968 To Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
May 1969 Aircraft dropped from inventory as combat loss.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
U.S. Air Force Major Phillip Louis Mascari was from Caldwell, New Jersey and born on December 3rd 1944. He was 34 and single when he was decalred dead on April 2nd 1979.
Major Mascari was a Nail Forward Air Controller assigned to the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron at Nakhom Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. He was flying O-2A s/n 67-21305 on a mission at dusk near Tavouac in Southern Laos 20 miles Southwest of the Ashau Valley when he disappeared.
Major Mascari was a former F-4 pilot who volunteered for a FAC tour and was flying his 33rd mission as a FAC.
His body was not recovered and his parents attempted to discover his fate, A Laotion villager told them that he was buried near his aircraft.
Major Mascari was promoted while missing and his name is located at 26W 100 on the Vietnam Memorial.
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