Accident Republic F-105F Thunderchief 63-8308,
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Date:Wednesday 17 August 1966
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic f105 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic F-105F Thunderchief
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 63-8308
MSN: F085
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:12 mi N of Van Yen, NVN -   Vietnam
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:
Crashed. Crew ejected. MIA.

Sources:

HQ, Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC-Ops), letter dated 23 April 1976
US DoD Personnel Missing Southeast Asia database.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170123023002/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1966jul-sep.htm
http://www.burrusspta.org/833_all.pdf
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1963.html
http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SingerDM01a.htm
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/b/b047.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Aug-2012 12:57 Uli Elch Added
22-Feb-2013 13:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Dec-2016 19:21 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]

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