| Date: 16 January 1968 |
| Aircraft type: F-4C Phantom |
| Serial Number: 64-0927 |
| Military Unit: 480 TFS, 366 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| Maj Charles E Lewis (Survived) |
| 1Lt Jack L Kelley (Survived) |
| Aircraft type: F-4D Phantom |
| Serial Number: 66-8706 |
| Military Unit: 480 TFS, 366 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang |
| Name(s): |
| Capt Scott B Stovin (Survived) |
| 1Lt Thomas Nelson Moe (POW) |
| As two Phantoms (call sign Hanger) were approaching the Mu Gia Pass at 24,000 feet in close formation on a Rolling Thunder strike they were badly damaged as one of their 750lb bombs detonated prematurely, presumably as it was being armed ready for dropping. The four crewmen ejected safely and came down about 20 miles northeast of the Pass. Three of the men were eventually rescued by a pair of HH-3Es but 1Lt Moe was captured and spent the next five years as a POW until released on 14 March 1973. He was on his 85th mission when he was brought down. 64-0927 was the penultimate aircraft of 583 F-4Cs built for the USAF. |
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