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| Date: | Monday 21 June 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought F-8J Crusader |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 150868 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Tokin -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
F-8J BuNo 150868 was piloted by Cdr. Charles David Metzler from VF194. Accounts from two of his squadron members stated that he was in the break for landing on the USS Oriskany when something malfunctioned on his plane and he went down and was not recovered.
Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin while landing on USS Oriskany Pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2021 07:20 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Oct-2025 09:53 | sampix | Updated [Narrative, Category, ] |
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