ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279500
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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pacific Ocean, near USS Coral Sea (CV-43), off coast of California -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Coral Sea (CV-43), Pacific Ocean, off coast of California |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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
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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
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https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv43-63/160.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jun-2022 19:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
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