| Date: 30 July 1972 |
| Aircraft type: F-4D Phantom |
| Serial Number: 66-7597 |
| Military Unit: 523 TFS, 405 FW attached to 432 TRW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Udorn |
| Name(s): |
| Capt G B Brooks (Survived) |
| Capt J M McAdams (Survived) |
| The second Phantom (call sign Charger) from the 523rd to go down on the 30th was damaged by a MiG during a combat air patrol about three hours later. Capt Brooks flew out to sea before he and his WSO ejected 35 miles east of Thanh Hoa and were rescued by a Navy HH-3A SAR helicopter.
HC-7 Rescue Helicopter Combat Support Squadron SEVEN (HC-7) was established September 1, 1967. While simultaneously providing several fleet support activities in the Gulf of Tonkin, HC-7 assumed the responsibility for North Vietnam naval combat search and rescue. HC-7 prepared for action using UH-2B Kaman Sea Sprite helos inherited from HC-1 and were stationed in detachments aboard small boys, destroyers (DDs) and Guided Missile Frigates (DLGs), patrolling off the coast of North Vietnam primarily for the purpose of Search and Rescue (SAR) duty. The information at the following link was compiled by Ron Milam, the historian for HC-7, from ship's deck logs, official HC-7 Rescue Reports, other official and unofficial documents, interviews with crew members and survivors, and other sources, including the Chris Hobson book upon which this site is based. The details for the rescue associated with this fixed wing loss can be accessed by clicking on this link and this link. |
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