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Date: | Tuesday 5 October 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F-8E Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 150848 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gulf of Tonkin -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ditched into the Gulf of Tonkin due to battle damage. Date also reported 4 OCT and hit by missile. Pilot bailed out and rescued.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html The Victoria Advocat 15 October 1965, p11
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2021 07:20 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Jan-2022 19:01 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |