ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82547
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 October 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-103, US Navy |
| Registration: | 157303 |
| MSN: | 3986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tyrrhenian Sea, near Naples -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Saratoga |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ran out of fuel due to bad weather en route to Grazzanise, Punta Stendardo, Italy over the Tyrrenian Sea, near Naples. Crew ejected safely. Thirty six years later, in 2000, the wreckage was located, and recovered from the sea bed.
NOTE: All four crew members of the two Phantoms ejected safely. They were Lt.JG J.Turnbull, ENS G. Willkinson, Lt. J.Saunders, and Lt. R. Plutt: however it is not yet clear who was in each aircraft.
Sources:
www.scramble.nl [Scramble 252]
http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170818203747/
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1974.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2011 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 17:16 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2019 17:37 | TB | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Source] |
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