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Date: 4 April 1967
Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom
Serial Number: 152984
Military Unit: VF-92
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Enterprise
Name(s):
Lt Edward Philip Szeyller (KWF)
1 other crew, name unknown (Survived)

Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom
Serial Number: 151493
Military Unit: VF-92
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Enterprise
Name(s):
Ens David Earl Martin (KWF)
1 other crew, name unknown (Survived)

During a BARCAP mission two Phantoms from VF-92 (call signs Silver Kite 201 and 207) collided in mid-air with the loss of one man from each of the aircraft. Lt Szeyller had asked Ens Martin to close up and look for signs of a suspected fire in the aircraft’s nose. The two survivors were Cdr J L Rough and Lt(jg) C R Jones but it is not known who was in which aircraft.

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