ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154607
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| Date: | Saturday 21 November 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 56-0230 |
| MSN: | 250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ban Kouantan -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
RF-101C 56-0230, assigned to the 15th TRS/18TH TFW, was the first USAF Voodoo to be shot down over enemy territory. Capt Burton Waltz was on a Yankee Team photo-reconnaissance mission photographing gun positions near Ban Phan Hop and Ban Senphan, Khammouane Province, Southern Laos, when the Voodoo came under intensive gunfire, with six hits by 37-mm AAA. The pilot ejected near Ban Kouantan, as the aircraft burst into flames and started to disintegrate. The pilot was seriously injured when he fell from a tree that his parachute had hung up on. Fortunately, he was rescued by an Air America UH-34 helicopter and was taken to Korat RTAFB, Thailand for medical treatment.
Sources:
RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat (Pg 57, 58, 93)
Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War (Pg 323)
https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=70
Voodoo Warriors, The Story of McDonnell Voodoo Fast Jets (Pg 177, 178, 253
https://media.defense.gov/2011/Mar/23/2001330100/-1/-1/0/AFD-110323-013.pdf (Pg 64, 166)
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2013 16:06 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 28-Mar-2013 16:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2020 07:24 | Cosmo | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2021 09:10 | Cosmo | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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