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Date: 23 February 1968
Aircraft type: A-6A Intruder
Serial Number: 152631
Military Unit: VMA(AW)-533, MAG-12
Service: USMC
Home Base: Chu Lai
Name(s):
Maj Lawrence E Pabin (Survived)
1Lt Roderick V Smith (Survived)

Aircraft type: F-8E Crusader
Serial Number: 150857
Military Unit: VMF(AW)-235, MAG-11
Service: USMC
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Capt George Lawrence Hubler (KWF)

A Marine Corps Intruder on a strike mission collided with a Crusader on a non-combat flight a few miles out to sea near Da Nang at night. The two crew from the Intruder ejected and were rescued by a USAF HH-3E (Jolly Green 4) from the 37th ARRS but the Crusader pilot was killed.

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