| Date: 27 August 1972 |
| Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom |
| Serial Number: 151013 |
| Military Unit: VF-151 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Midway |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Theodore Wallace Triebel (POW) |
| Lt(jg) David Anderson Everett (POW) |
| A Phantom (call sign Switchbox 210) was shot down as it was escorting a photographic reconnaissance aircraft along Route 1A near Phu Ly in North Vietnam. The aircraft was flying at 5,000 feet and was already jinking as it had received a SAM warning. An SA-2 struck the rear fuselage and exploded, causing severe damage to all the Phantom’s systems and resulting in a fuel fire. The crew ejected shortly afterwards and came down near Phu Nho Quan, about 40 miles south of Hanoi. Both of the crew were captured and both were released on 29 March 1973. Lt Triebel had flown two combat tours with VF-213 and had also served on an exchange posting at Ubon with the 8th TFW before flying his third and fourth tours with VF-151.
The former Lt(jg) Dave Everett sent us the following note: Re the 27 Aug 1972 shoot down of NF210, a USN F4B Phantom flown by Lt. Ted Triebel and Ltjg Dave Everett, the capture site was: Nam Thon hamlet, Ha Tan District (formerly Ha Trung District) of Thanh Hoa Province, North Vietnam. The aircraft exploded and disintegrated upon impact with a karst ridgeline above Nam Thon. Lt. Triebel landed on a steep karst outcropping and Ltjg Everett in a rice paddy between karst formations. Local militia who had been firing at the descending parachutes were quickly on scene. Triebel and Everett were moved by military truck to the Hanoi Hilton the following morning. |
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