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Date: 24 February 1967
Aircraft type: F-4C Phantom
Serial Number: 64-0801
Military Unit: 391 TFS, 12 TFW
Service: USAF
Home Base: Cam Ranh Bay
Name(s):
Capt D B Hudson (Survived)
Lt H G Floyd (Survived)

The danger of multiple passes over the same target was illustrated yet again when a Phantom was shot down near Vinh Binh, five miles north of Kien Long in the southern tip of South Vietnam. A flight of F-4s was attacking sampans and buildings in a suspected VC stronghold but as Capt Hudson came in for his fourth strafing run his aircraft (call sign Boxer 5) was hit by small arms fire. He managed to fly a few miles away from the target area before he and his WSO ejected. They were both picked up later by a USAF helicopter.

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