| Date: 3 April 1970 |
| Aircraft type: A-7A Corsair |
| Serial Number: 154358 |
| Military Unit: VA-97 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Constellation |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Harry Pitts Hoffman, Jr. (Survived) |
| A section of Corsairs from VA-97 was tasked to bomb a section of road on Route 920 near Ban Tambok, 20 miles southwest of the A Shau Valley, under the control of a FAC. Lt Hoffman’s aircraft was hit by shrapnel from a 37mm shell as he made his bombing run but he continued his dive and dropped his bombs before pulling out and heading away from the target. The wingman confirmed damage to the Corsair’s rear fuselage on the starboard side and after about 20 minutes the engine seized and the aircraft became uncontrollable. Lt Hoffman ejected close to the South Vietnamese border with Laos, about 50 miles west of Da Nang from where he was rescued by a US Army helicopter. |
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