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Date: 8 May 1967
Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom
Serial Number: 152997
Military Unit: VF-114
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Kitty Hawk
Name(s):
Lt(jg) Thomas Jack Steimer (KWF)
Lt(jg) Michael Lee Tuft (Survived)

During a catapult launch from the Kitty Hawk on an armed reconnaissance mission an F-4 overrotated, stalled and crashed into the sea killing one of the crew. Lt Tuft had previously ejected from a Phantom on 6 April.

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