| Date: 5 March 1966 |
| Aircraft type: F-4B Phantom |
| Serial Number: 152224 |
| Military Unit: VF-114 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Kitty Hawk |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Cdr Malcolm Nueal Guess (Survived) |
| Lt Ross Eugene Pile (Survived) |
| During one of its periodic spells at Dixie Station, the Kitty Hawk lost a Phantom during an operation over the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. A flight of aircraft was attacking a VC storage area near the town of Cai Lay, 15 miles west of My Tho, when Lt Cdr Guess (call sign Linfield 413) felt two distinct thuds as he pulled up from his second dive on the target. The Phantom began streaming fuel and the controls froze as the hydraulic system failed. The aircraft rolled inverted at 1,500 feet and both crew ejected and were picked up by an Army helicopter. It was thought that the aircraft had been damaged by debris from the target as it blew up. |
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