| Date: 27 September 1965 |
| Aircraft type: RF-101C Voodoo |
| Serial Number: 56-0204 |
| Military Unit: 15 TRS, 18 TFW on TDY |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Udorn |
| Name(s): |
| Capt George Robert Hall (POW) |
| One of the many critical railway bridges on the JCS target list was the Ninh Binh road and railway bridge, 15 miles southwest of Nam Dinh, which carries the main line from Haiphong over the Nam Dinh River. Capt Hall was tasked with obtaining pre-strike photographic coverage of the target but as he made his run over the bridge at 500 feet and 540 knots his aircraft (call sign Dagger 5) was hit by AAA and caught fire. He turned southeast to try to make for the sea but after about 10 miles he was forced to eject over a heavily populated area and was quickly captured. He became a resident of the Hanoi prison system for the next seven years and was released on 12 February 1973. He was on his 196th mission over Southeast Asia when he was shot down. |
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