| Date: 27 May 1965 |
| Aircraft type: F-8D Crusader |
| Serial Number: 148706 |
| Military Unit: VF-111 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Midway |
| Name(s): |
| Cdr Doyle Wilmer Lynn (KIA) |
| One of the most frequently hit targets in the southern part of North Vietnam was the city of Vinh and on 27 May the Navy flew a strike against the railway yards at Vinh. Cdr Doyle Lynn, CO of VF-111, was attacking an AAA site near the target when his aircraft (call sign Old Nick) was hit by ground fire. Lynn radioed that the aircraft had been hit and the F-8 was seen to go out of control and hit the ground before an ejection could take place. Cdr Doyle Lynn had been one of the first Navy pilots brought down in Southeast Asia when his Crusader was shot down on 7 June 1964 over the Plain of Jars. He was rescued on that occasion by an Air America helicopter but on 27 May Cdr Lynn’s luck finally ran out. |
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