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ID 18101 Views: 455 Photo Comments: 2 |
Airline / Aircraft Type | Location and Date | Photographer |
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USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom |
Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September -, 1972 |
Kenneth Koehn Contact |
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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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