| Date: 31 January 1968 |
| Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom |
| Serial Number: 151508, 152287, 152289 |
| Military Unit: VMFA-314, MAG-13 |
| Service: USMC |
| Home Base: Chu Lai |
| Name(s): |
| no aircrew involved (Unknown) |
| The Marine Corps airfield at Chu Lai also came under attack resulting in the loss of three Phantoms. The MAG-13 area received 48 rounds of 122mm rockets and at least two Marine airmen, Capt Arthur De la Houssaye and 1Lt Richard Allen Kerr, were killed. Chu Lai’s bomb dump was also hit and exploded with such force that it created a small lake and damaged buildings all over the base including VMA(AW)-533’s hangar. Despite the damage, aircraft were operating from the base within hours of the attack. The US forces had now lost nine aircraft on the ground in the first two nights of the Tet Offensive. With the loss of 13 aircraft (seven of them on the ground), January 1968 was overall the worst month of the war for the Marines as far as fixed-wing aircraft losses are concerned. |
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