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| Date: | Wednesday 17 August 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-105F Thunderchief |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 63-8308 |
| MSN: | F085 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 mi N of Van Yen, NVN -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Takhli RTAFB, Thailand |
Crashed. Crew ejected. MIA.
Sources:
HQ, Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC-Ops), letter dated 23 April 1976
US DoD Personnel Missing Southeast Asia database.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170123023002/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1966jul-sep.htm
http://www.burrusspta.org/833_all.pdf
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1963.html
http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SingerDM01a.htm
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/b/b047.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2012 12:57 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 22-Feb-2013 13:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2016 19:21 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
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