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Date: | Saturday 13 October 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom |
Owner/operator: | Israeli Air Force (IDF/AF) |
Registration: | 618 |
MSN: | 3524 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eastern Mediterranean, near Syrian/Lebanon border -
Syria
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hatzor, Israel |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-USAF 68-0415: delivered new to Israel 14/08/1969 under project "Peace Echo I". Severely damaged by Syrian AAA over Damacus: flown out to sea, and both crew (Ady Bnaya and David Ya'ir) ejected as soon as the F-4E crossed the coast near the Syria/Lebanon border
Both were recovered by an Israeli SAR helicopter
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171119013231/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/ISRAEL/F-4%20Phantom%20II.htm http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-mideast/israel/af/types/f-4_serials.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Nov-2011 06:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Nov-2011 06:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |