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Date: 7 January 1970
Aircraft type: F-4E Phantom
Serial Number: 67-0357
Military Unit: 421 TFS, 366 TFW
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Capt Robert Ochab (KWF)
1Lt Dana F Campbell (Survived)

A pair of Phantoms was practising air combat manoeuvring against each other on a training flight over the sea off Da Nang. One of the aircraft (call sign Gunfighter 55) crashed when it started a manoeuvre at too low an altitude to pull out safely. The pilot was killed in the accident but the WSO was rescued by a HH-3E from the 37th ARRS. One source suggests that the two aircraft collided causing one of them to crash.

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