ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82589
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-96, US Navy |
| Registration: | 155800 |
| MSN: | 3074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Tonkin, off North Vetnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Constellation |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Damaged by SA-2 SAM explosion shortly after shooting down 3 MiG‑17s in air-to-air combat. Wingtip was blown off and hydraulics failed. Caught fire, lost control and spun into the sea into Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam
Both crew - LT Randy H Cunningham and LTJG Willie P Driscoll- ejected and were rescued by a Navy SH‑3 helicopter
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170531092840/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1972.htm#mar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_in_flight.jpg
http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Phantomatwar/phantomatwar.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Nov-2011 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2011 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2013 09:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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