| Date: 5 July 1967 |
| Aircraft type: F-105D Thunderchief |
| Serial Number: 61-0042 |
| Military Unit: 357 TFS, 355 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Takhli |
| Name(s): |
| Maj Ward Kent Dodge (POW (died)) |
| As one formation of Thuds was hitting the Cao Nung Bridge, another group was bombing the railway yard at Vu Chua a few miles to the southeast. Just as Maj Dodge was about to roll in from 15,000 feet to bomb the target, his aircraft (call sign Barracuda) was hit by an 85mm anti-aircraft shell. After a brief struggle to regain control he was forced to eject close to the target. Ward Dodge is known to have been captured but he apparently died of unknown causes in a prison camp about a week after he was shot down. Like many of the more senior F-105 pilots he had previously served with the 36th TFW at Bitburg in Germany. Three aircraft had been shot down within the space of four minutes in a small piece of sky near Kep. |
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