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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1964 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-151, US Navy |
| Registration: | 151017 |
| MSN: | 347 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean, near USS Coral Sea (CV-43), off coast of California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Coral Sea (CV-43), Pacific Ocean, off coast of California |
McDonnell Douglas F-4H-1 (F-4B-15-MC) Phantom II Bu.No 151017: Delivered to the USAF as 62-12194/'FJ-194' and served with the 4453rd CCTW, at McDill AFB. Returned to the US Navy in 1964 and entered service as VF-151/'NL-102', US Navy
Written off (destroyed) September 19, 1964 when crashed into the Pacific Ocean soon after a night catapult launch from the carrier USS Coral Sea. Of the two crew, the pilot ejected, survived and was rescued, the RIO was killed
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-4.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
3. http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
4. https://4453rd.com/page2.html
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115212455/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1959-1965.htm
6. http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=+F-4&series=3
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)#Vietnam_and_operations_in_the_1960s_to_early_1970s
8. https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv43-63/160.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2022 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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