| Airline / Aircraft |
Location and Date |
Photographer |
USA - Navy
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom
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Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL)
USA - Ohio, September -, 1972 |
Kenneth Koehn
Contact |
| Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes |
| 155895 (cn 3548) Photographed in 1972 at the Cleveland Air Show, note the names on this F-4J canopy rail- Lt Randy Cunningham and Lt(jg) Willie Driscoll- first US Aces of the Vietnam war. They shot down three Migs on 5/10/72 in F-4J s/n 155800, making 5 total for them, and then were hit by a SAM and had to eject. They were recovered, and were sent on a U.S. goodwill tour, including the Cleveland Airshow in this VF-96 F-4J s/n 155895. I am pretty sure I got to meet both pilots. The print is yellow because I had this photo pinned up in my room as a kid. I hope somebody out there got a full picture of this jet! I got a lot of mileage out that little instamatic camera! |
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