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Date: | Saturday 16 June 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-111A |
Owner/operator: | 474th TFWg USAF |
Registration: | 67-0111 |
MSN: | A1-156 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cambodia -
Cambodia
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Takhli RTAFB, Thailand |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was delivered to the USAF on 18 July 1969. Crashed June 16, 1973: the seventh (and final) combat loss under the Constant Guard V/Linebacker II deployment, it crashed and was destroyed in Cambodia. The crash was a result of a mid-air collision with 67-0094. Both aircraft were accomplishing radar bomb runs against the same target in Cambodia, and were vectored together by airborne radar controllers. The crew of 67-0111 ejected and were recovered. 67-0094 lost 4.5 feet of its wing, but landed safely at Uborn RTAFB.
Sources:
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http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm http://www.f-111.net/t_no_A.htm Anthony, Victor B.; Sexton, Richard R. (1993). "The War In Northern Laos 1958-1973". The United States Air Force In Southeast Asia. Washington D.C.: Center for Air Force History: 359–362. UNCLASSIFIED.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2012 08:50 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
30-Jan-2013 15:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2021 18:55 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
30-May-2021 09:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |