| Date: 10 September 1972 |
| Aircraft type: A-7C Corsair |
| Serial Number: 156798 |
| Military Unit: VA-82 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS America |
| Name(s): |
| Lt(jg) Stephen Owen Musselman (KIA) |
| An Iron Hand flight of Corsairs from the USS America was attacking SAM sites during a Linebacker raid in the Hanoi area on the 10th. As the aircraft approached Hanoi from the south a large number of SAMs were fired and Lt Musselman and the other members of the flight started to take evasive action. A missile was seen to hit Lt Musselman’s aircraft (call sign Streetcar 310) forcing him to eject about five miles south of the city. It is not known why Lt Musselman did not survive but the Vietnamese returned his remains to the USA on 8 July 1981. |
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