| Date: 22 March 1965 |
| Aircraft type: F-105D Thunderchief |
| Serial Number: 62-4233 |
| Military Unit: 67 TFS, 18 TFW attached to 6234 TFW |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Korat |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Col James Robinson Risner (Survived) |
| Lt Col Robinson Risner became a well known POW when he was shot down on 16 September 1965 but that was the second time that the CO of the 67th TFS had parted company with a Thunderchief during a raid on North Vietnam. The first occasion occurred during an early Rolling Thunder mission on 22 March against the Vinh Son radar site when his aircraft was hit by ground fire as he was attacking an AAA site. He managed to fly his aircraft out over the sea where he ejected about a mile offshore and was picked up by a USAF HU-16B Albatross. Risner appeared on the front cover of Time magazine after this incident, a fact that did not serve him well when he became a POW later in the year. |
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