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Date: | Friday 9 November 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom |
Owner/operator: | Israeli Air Force (IAF/DF) |
Registration: | 194 |
MSN: | 4041 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | over Egypt -
Egypt
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down in a multible Egyptian SA-2 attack at 15,200 meters altitude. Only the pilot survived the high-altitude supersonic ejection at 14,592 meters.
Capt Gideon Shefer (ejected)
Capt Ofer Tsidon (killed)
Sources:
Air Forces Monthly JAN 2002, S. 29
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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