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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-161 US Navy |
| Registration: | 153068 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 miles South of Thanh Has, North Vietnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit by 85mm AAA Gulf of Tonkin just offshore, 10 M S of Thanh Has, NVN. Caused massive fuel leak and engine to fail. F-4B 153068 last US aircraft to be shot down over North Vietnam
Both crew members - Lt. V. T. Kouvaleski and ENS D. H. Plautz - ejected safely and were rescued by Navy HH‑3A helicopter
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174927/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1973.htm#jun
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Nov-2011 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2013 19:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:56 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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