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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

All Losses in USAF, USN & USMC Service (Part 1)
1959 - 1965
including South East Asia Conflict

(Draft Listing)
 

1959
1965		 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970-1974 1975 1976
1979		 1980 1981 1982
Present

Note: After a long delay I am beginning to upload the Losses and Ejections from McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms in Service with the United States .
Each week, as time allows, I will be adding other years and further update / amend previously shown pages. As always if you can help improve these pages by correcting any errors I have made, or add details to the losses, photos of the crews, scans of Unit patches etc please contact me at mbenshar@aol.com.
 
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
21st October 1959 McDonnell- Douglas YF4H-1  142259 McDonnell-Douglas
St Louis		 Failure of the aft access door of the right engine during its 296th flight in  flight test program. St Louis test pilot Gerald "Zeke" Huelsbeck initiated seat ejection sequence
killed		 ejected but too low for chute to deploy
18th May  1961
USN		 F4H-1F 145316   broke up in flight and exploded in a crash during project  Sageburner (low altitude speed record) Commander J. L. Felsman killed   no ejection
29th June 1961
USN		 F4H-1 145314 NATC Control loss followed by spin. Crashed 50 miles south east of NAS Paxutent River, MD. USAAtlantic Ocean Cdr. C. M. Cruse ejected   Martin-Baker
17th November 1961
USN		 F4H-1 143392 NATC Control loss due to pilot hypopxia??. Crashed   Atlantic Ocean from  NAS Paxutent River, MD. USA pilot killed   no ejection
11th April 1962
USN		 F4H‑1     IS THIS THE NEXT ENTRY LOSS ??      
  Rear Cockpit
LT N. H. Wilson
ejected.
Body not recovered		  
12th April 1962
USN		 F4H-1 148425
AF		 VF-102 Crashed in Atlantic Ocean, 40 miles off coast of SC, USA      
pilot hypopxia?? killed GIB killed no ejection
26th April 1962
USN		 F4H‑1     IS THIS THE NEXT ENTRY LOSS ??      
  Rear Cockpit
AE-1 W. E. Boyette
ejected		  
26th April 1962 McDonnell-Douglas F4H-1 149442   Control lost due to severe turbulence. Crashed near Briscoe, Texas, USA      
pilot killed pilot killed  
3rd May 1962
USN		 F4H‑1 149425
F 111		 VF‑121
Point Mugu		 first service F‑4 loss

fuel nozzle failed due to loose locknut; caught fire - Point Mugu ranges, CA, USA

    
Martin-Baker
Cdr. M. M. Casey Jr.
ejected safely		 Lt. Cdr. E. G. Montmarquet
ejected safely		 Martin-Baker
Taken to Point Mugu Naval Missile Station following the accident
29th May 1962
USMC		 F-4 Phantom       1st Lt. H. Albright   Martin-Baker
6th July 1962
USN		 F4H‑1 148381 NAB Oceana Control lost after rudder control linkage came loose from rudder actuator nr NAB Oceana, VA, USA ejected OK   McDonnell
or
Martin-Baker
ejected OK   McDonnell
or
Martin-Baker
17th July 1962
USN		 F-4 Phantom       ????   Martin-Baker
Ensign Morrison   Martin-Baker
13th August 1962
USN		 YF4H-1 Phantom
F4H‑1

                                                                                                                                                           photo Boeing
 		 McDonnell
 
143390
XE		 VX‑5
NAS China Lake		 Lost control systems due to hydraulics failure and crashed near NAS China Lake, CA, USA Hal Wellman ejected safely at an altitude of about 100' when it caught fire on take-off.  
27th October 1962
USN		 F-4B Phantom 148374
AJ105		 VF-74
USS Forrestal		 Attitude gyro malfunction, flew into ocean Lt. W. C. Meintzer killed Martin-Baker
2nd November 1962
USMC  		 F‑4B Phantom  149462
EC		 Cherry Point lost contro N of MCAS Cherry Point, NC     Martin-Baker
Lt. COL R.F.Foxworth Capt. D.T.Bem Martin-Baker
16th January 1963
US		 F-4B Phantom II 150408
AD		 VF-101
USS Kitty Hawk

Disappeared. Crashed into Atlantic Ocean 10 miles from carrier, NC. USA

      
pilot not located recovered GIB not recovered  
 16th February 1963
USN		 F-4A Phantom II 146821 NATC hydraulics system failure caused loss of flight control systems. Crashed  in woods 4 M from Atlantic City AP, NJ, USA, Lt. Cdr. D.L.Varner    Martin-Baker
Lt. W.Everett   Martin-Baker
 9th March 1963
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150462 VF‑102
USS Enterprise

Cold cat shot, pilot tried to brake but aircraft  went over the bow into Mediterranean Sea

     Martin-Baker
Cdr. G. G. O'Rourke RIO killed  
13th May 1963
USN		  F‑4B Phantom II 148419
NJ 		VF‑121, NAS Miramar, CA, USA pilot attempted to rotate at too low speed; aircraft crashed     Martin-Baker
pilot Lt. Cdr. J.F.Nichols ejected OK RIO remained with a/c and was OK  
28th May 1963
USN		 F-4B Phantom       Lt. (jg) J. Boyd   Martin-Baker
2nd July 1963
USN		 F-4B Phantom 148370
NJ		 VF‑121, NAS Miramar, CA, USA Flew into ground, GCA approach missed one killed    
9th July 1963
USMC		 F-4B Phantom 150471
VW		 VMFA-314
USS Midway		 Flew into water on approach to carrier      
Pilot killed GIB killed  
24th July 1963
USN		 F-4 Phantom 150624
AG		 VF-41
USS Independence		 Radar scope detached on launch striking pilot     Martin-Baker
Lt. L. O. Rogers Lt. JG R.C.Stearne Martin-Baker
31st July 1963
USN		  F‑4B 151005 VF‑121 Aircraft became uncontrollable. Crashed in Pacific off CA, USA. pilot became incapacitated during in‑flight pressure suit check      

pilot killed

 RIO Lt. C.H.Guernsey ejected Martin-Baker
18th August 1963
US		 F-4B Phantom II 149436
NK		 VF-143
USS Constellation

Arrestor cable snapped. Aircraft went over the side. Both aircrew drowned. 3 deck crew injured

     Martin-Baker
Lt Robert J Craig killed GIB killed Martin-Baker
11th September 1963
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 148375
NE		 VF-21
USS Midway

Canopy detached during launch. Crashed into the sea

     Martin-Baker
pilot killed GIB killed Martin-Baker
17th September 1963
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 150461
NE		 VF‑21
Freelancers
 USS Midway

Part of wing broke off and landing gear was damaged during bolter on Midway. Aircraft diverted to Miramar but could not land safely. Crashed  in Pacific off NAS Miramar, CA. USA

     Martin-Baker
Lt. J. W. Ryan  ejected over the sea Lt. (jg) B. R. Scott  ejected over the sea Martin-Baker
19th September 1963
USN		 F-4 Phantom 150637
AG		 VF-41
USS Independence		 Struck ramp on landing. Crashed into the ocean     Martin-Baker
Lt. R. G. Fortin Lt. Cdr. W. B. Hoskovec Martin-Baker
18th November 1963
US		 F-4B Phantom II 148394
NE		 VF-21
USS Midway

Struck ramp and exploded on landing

     Martin-Baker
Pilot killed GIB killed Martin-Baker
31st December 1963
US		 F-4B Phantom II 148368 NATC
NAS Paxutent River MD. USA

Hard Landing

     no ejection
Pilot OK GIB OK
 

18th January 1964
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 148413
EC
VMFA‑531
"Grey Ghosts"
NAS Key West, FL, USA		 Flew into the sea, 20 M SW of Key West, FL, USA     Martin-Baker
Lt. F. A. Libkie
killed		 CWO3 K.D. Ashmore
killed		 Martin-Baker

Thanks to Roy Gehris, who was a member of VMFA-531, for crew members names.
in email 26th June 2011
(entry amended 28th June 2011)
29th January 1964
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 150433 MCAS El Toro, emergency landing, lost control on approach, 6 M from MCAS El Toro, CA, USA,     Martin-Baker
1st Lt's R. M. Pennell K. F. Grennan ejected Martin-Baker
12th February 1964
USN		 F-4 Phantom II 149454
NG 2		 VF‑92

 in Pacific 63 M W of San Diego, CA, USA, rolled at low level. 

     
LTJG James A. Reneau
25
killed

RIO Lt. R. W. Butler 31
ejected
was not able to contact pilot and ejected when aircraft came too low.

 Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK

While doing research for a future post-WW II memorial for those graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy who lost their lives while on active duty, I was searching the ejections for the F-4 Phantom II on 2/12/64 and noted that the pilot on plane 149454, NG2, who was killed in a low altitude ejection, was not named.  He was LTJG James A. Reneau, USN, USMMA Class of 1960. 

Peter J. Rackett ‘61

Asst to the President

USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation

  in email 30th December 2010
   entry amended 1st January 2010
19th February 1964
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150488
AG		 VF‑41
USS Independence

 in Mediterranean on flight from , fuel system failure

     
pilot tried to ditch the aircraft but was killed RIO Lt(jg) D. G. Critchfield ejected Martin-Baker
20th February 1964
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150647
NE 1		 VF‑21
Freelancers
USS Midway

 in sea off Japan, crew abandoned aircraft, which was almost out of fuel,  following six abortive attempts to land on carrier

     Martin-Baker
Lt. F. O. Boone ejected Lt. D. V. Hanna ejected Martin-Baker
27th February 1964
 		 F-4C Phantom 63‑7472 WHO WAS PILOT ??

8 M S of Murphysboro, IL, USA, pilot's ejection seat inadvertently fired under negative G-forces. RIO also ejected as he was unable to fly the aircraft from the rear cockpit

     Martin-Baker
Mr. C. P. Garrison ejected Mr. B. A. McIntyre ejected Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK


photo: McDonnell

My grandpa found part of the wreckage and he received a letter from McDonnell aircraft corp. with a signed picture of the aircraft by Pete Garrison Test Pilot. They also gave him a scale model of the plane, all of which I have. I hope this info is helpful.

Henry Musgraves  
in email 8th February 2011
 
2nd or 3rd ??March 1964
USN		 F‑4B 148417
NJ		 VF‑121 20 M E of NAS Miramar, CA, USA     Martin-Baker

Lt. B. H. McCart USN ejected safely

 Capt. R. E. Kemble USMC ejected safely Martin-Baker
 4th March 1964 USAF F-4C Phantom II 63-7483          
     
 1964 USAF F-4C Phantom II 63-7416          
     
 1964 USAF F-4C Phantom II 63-7597            
     
26th March 1964 USN F‑4B 148384
NH		 VF‑114
USS Kitty Hawk		 during test flight explosion was heard in port engine. Returned to ship and caught fire on approach to carrier,     Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr. J. R. Moore RIO ejected on approach when aircraft pitched down - never found Martin-Baker
?? April 1964 USN F‑4B   VF‑143 Engines flamed out during approach to carrier near French Frigate Shoals, HI, USA ejected   Martin-Baker
ejected   Martin-Baker
 7th April 1964 USN  F-4B 150458   Ran out of fuel due to fuel transfer on practice instrument approach. Crashed nr NAS Miramar, CA, USA     Martin-Baker
LTJG Barry J. Packel
27
ejected at low level

parachute did not have time to deploy
killed

 Ensign William S. Campbell
23
did not leave the aircraft
killed		 Martin-Baker
   
 9th April 1964 USN F-4A  145311   made emergency landing with nose gear problem which collapsed MCAS Cherry Point, NC, USA OK OK  
 30th April 1964 USN F-4A 148266 NAS Key West, FL, USA hydraulics system failure ran off  runway OK OK  
22nd May 1964
USAF		  F-4C Phantom II 637416 4453rd CCTW
MacDill AFB, FL		 steep dive and impacted the ground,  at the Avon Park bombing range in central Florida      
Capt. Joseph J. Onate killed Capt. William F. Buhrman killed  
FEEDBACK

Hello,
    checked out your listings of ejections from F4s.  You do not list  F4C 637416 from .  It crashed at the Avon Park gunnery
range in May of 1964. The pilot of the aircraft was able to eject but aircraft was inverted  and about 50 ft off the ground and his chute never had a chance to  open.  Rear seater rode it in and was also killed.  I was a jet engine mechanic and worked on the accident
investigation and know for a fact that the pilot ejected.  I saw both  the seat and his helmet.  I have the names of the crew on my web site at.
http://home.insightbb.com/~buckseibert

Buck Seibert

in email 12th March 2007
26th May 1964 USN F-4B Phantom II 149439
NK		 VF‑143
USS Constellation		 ran out of fuel, crashed in sea off carrier     Martin-Baker
Lt(jg) C. W. Bennett Ens. R. E. Plues Martin-Baker
 14th June 1964 USMC F-4  148411
VW
VMFA‑314
Manila Bay
NAS Cubi Point, Philippines		 Lost attitude gyro and lost control
??		    
LTCOL R. J. Barbour
ejected		 LT T. R. O'Brien
ejected		  
2nd July 1964 USN F-4B Phantom 148396
AF 106		  VF‑102
NAS Miramar, CA, USA		 cockpit was full of flames at Mach 1.3. Aircraft exploded CRASHED IN SEA      
Pilot Cdr. W. R. O'Connell ejected RIO killed  
6th July 1964 USMC F-4A Phantom 146819  NATC, Pocomoke City, MD, USA, unrecoverable flat spin      
Capt. J. Hubner ejected    
15th July 1964 USN F-4B Phantom 149408
AB		  VF‑14
USS Roosevelt		 lost engine during launch, engine caught fire in Mediterranean off Crete, Greece      
pilot killed RIO Lt. R. F. Weller ejected rescued  
15th July 1964 USN F-4B Phantom 151399
AE		 VF‑102
USS Enterprise		 entered flat spin during aerobatics      
pilot killed RIO killed  
17th July 1964 USMC F-4B Phantom   NAS Paxutent Aircraft made uncontrolled manoeuvre during routine testing of the automatic pilot     Martin-Baker
Captain Peter S. Tummilo
landed the aircraft safely		 RIO CWO J. W. Frederick
ejected
at 22,000 ft
near Mechanicsville, Md.		 Martin-Baker
31st July 1964 USMC F-4 Phantom 151460 NAS Atsugi, Japan landing gear would not retract following take‑off. Crashed near base      
1st Lt. G. F. Hanke CWO3 F. H. Schwartz  
 3rd August 1964   F-4A 148270
NJ		 VF‑121 Crashed  into Pacific nr San Clemente Island, CA, USA      
killed killed  
 10th August 1964 USMC F-4 Phantom 150457
WF
VMFA‑513		 stalled during snap‑up manoeuvre at 70,000ft, entered a spin; engines flamed out c35 M NW of Eureka, NV, USA      
Lt. J. E. Martin ejected at 20,000 ft Capt. J. W. Black ejected at 20,000 ft  
17th September 1964   F-4B 151017
NIL		 VF‑151
USS Coral Sea		 crashed in Pacific off CA, USA following night catapult launch      
pilot rescued RIO killed  
 28th September 1964 USAF F-4C Phantom 63‑7597   explosion, engines flamed out and controls froze. Greenwood, MS, USA    
Capt Roscoe Henry Fobair

see also 24th July 1965 KIA

 Capt. B. R. Adams ejected  
12th October 1964 USN F-4 Phantom            
Lt. J. N. Berry ejected    
16th October 1964
USN		 F-4A 148261
AD		 VF‑101, NAS Key West, FL, USA ose gear collpased during landing, aircraft cught fire     no ejections
19th October 1964
USN		 F-4A 148271     DETAILS NEEDED    
24th October 1964
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150428
AJ 		VF‑74
USS Forrestal

suffered hydraulic failure during launch. Pilot lost control  Crashed  in Mediterranean off Crete, near Greece

      
Lt (jg) R. C. Rawlings Lt(jg) R. L. McFillan  
11th November 1964
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 149412
AB 		VF‑14
USS Franklin D Roosevelt		 gear collapsed during hard night landing     no ejections
13th November 1964
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 151412
NK 2
also seen as
151402		 VA‑142
CVW‑14
 USS Constellation
CVA-64		 Operational loss, stalled, entered spin during ACM  Vietnam     Martin-Baker
Lt. W. R. Moore ejected, recovered by Navy helicopter Lt(jg) W. M. Myers ejected, recovered by Navy helicopter Martin-Baker
?? December 1964
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 150454
AG		 VF-41
NAS Oceana, VA, USA
entered fog bank and never emerged		 killed killed  
29th December 1964
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 151428 VF‑102
NAS Oceana, VA, USA		  flew into the water on approach to NAS Oceana, VA, USA killed killed  
5th January 1965
USMC		 F-4 Phantom       WO D. D. Fuller ejected   Martin-Baker
20th January 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 151470
AC		 VF‑31
USS Saratoga		 starboard engine failed during catapult shot     Martin-Baker
Lt(jg) C. Brokaw ejected Lt. V. LI Knaus ejected Martin-Baker
25th January 1965
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 149419
AB		 VF‑14  entered porpoise manouevre near Elizabeth City, NC, USA     Martin-Baker
Captain W. E. Morgan ejected CW02 K. Moffitt ejected Martin-Baker
30th January 1965
not
31st January 1966 as previously given
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 152233 VF-114
USS Kittyhawk		 Crashed after being disabled by AAA while attacking a bridge near Ban Soppeng, south of the Mu Gia Pass in Laos,  North Vietnam     Martin-Baker
Lt William “ Fritz” Klumpp Ltjg. Joe Stineman Martin-Baker
Both picked up in the Tonkin Gulf by helos [Seasprite of HC­1 Detachment 1, Unit C]
 2nd February 1965   F-4B Phantom II 152216
NE		 VF‑21 disappeared on flight from carrier to Miramar in Pacific off San Diego, CA, USA      
9th February 1965
USN		 F-4 Phantom II       Ens Ulrich ejected   Martin-Baker
4th March 1965
USMC		 F-4C Phantom II 63‑7483   aircraft stalled  and was unable to recover nr Ocala, FL, USA     Martin-Baker
1st Lt. L. P. Wilson ejected 1st Lt. P L E. Goodenough ejected Martin-Baker
12th March 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150467
AJ 103		 VF‑74
USS Forrestal		 broke off undercarriage crashed on deck OK OK no ejection
16th or 17th March 1965
USN		 F-4 Phantom 151481
NE 1		  VF‑21
USS Midway

loss of control caused by external centerline tank that was jettisoned and struck horizontal stabilizer,

    Martin-Baker
LT B. P. L. Scott ejected Lt. Cdr. J. W. Ryan ejected Martin-Baker
9 April   1965
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 151425 VF‑96
 USS Ranger
CVA-61		 non combat - BARCAP. Starboard engine failed during the catapult shot and the aircraft crashed into the sea.

Vietnam

     Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr. William E. Greer ejected, recovered Lt. (jg) P. Bruning ejected, recovered Martin-Baker
9 April 1965
USN		 F-4B
Phantom II		 151403, NG 602 VF‑96
 USS Ranger
CVA-61		 intercepted by four MiG‑17s of the PLAAF. Lost over China Sea      
Lt (jg) Terence Meredith Murphy
KIA		 Ens Ronald James Fegan
KIA
14th April 1965   F-4A
Phantom II 		 148264
NJ		 VF‑121, NAS Miramar, CA, USA nose gear strut failed during landing, causing major damage     no ejection
16th April 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 148397 VF‑161
NAF El Centro, CA, USA		 Electrical fire caused by bleed air falure. Fire warning light    illuminated and white smoke was seen     Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg) B.H.Thompson ejected Ens. W. E. Walthall ejected Martin-Baker
29th April 1965  

F-4C Phantom II

  64‑0680   DETAILS OF LOSS ???      
 3rd May 1965   F-4C Phantom 63‑7660 Fort Hood, TX, USA   Killed Killed  
4th May 1965
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 149437
WS
VMFA‑323, PR, USA		 started to buffet and entered flat spin, following take‑off in heavy rain Capt. J. H. Vandever ejected   Martin-Baker
Capt. J. P. Dawson ejected   Martin-Baker
6th May 1965
USAF		 F-4C Phantom II 63-7504    did not pull out of steep dive, 30 M NW of Lordsburg, NM, USA Pilot killed WSO Capt. J. Crown ejected Martin-Baker
13th May 1965   F-4B Phantom II  148399
NJ		  VF‑121 disappeared during low‑level intercept mission in Pacific 40 M W of San Diego, CA, USA killed killed no ejection known
20th May 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom 144938 VA-113 / CVS-20 USS Bennington non combat, Vietnam Pilot ejected ???   Martin-Baker
24th May 1965   F-4C Phantom II 63‑7466 558th TFS/12th TFW  spatial disorientation during GCA approach, crashed into Pacific 4 M off the end of the runway at Naha AB, Okinawa, Japan CREW FATE ???    
2nd June 1965 USN F-4B 148395
NJ		 VF‑121
NAS Miramar, San Diego		 Flew into the desert ground during simulated rocket run 35 miles from Barstow nr George AFB, CA, USA
LTJG Charles D. Collins
25
Milwaukee, Wis
killed		 Ensign William E. Addis
USNR
31
Anderson, SC
killed		  
   
2nd June 1965    RF-4C 64‑1012   Crashed in mouth of Santee river, 20 M S of Georgetown, SC, USA killed killed  

9 June 1965
USAF		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0674 45 TFS, 15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon, SVN

ran out of fuel after a strike in South Vietnam.

     Martin-Baker
Capt C D Keeter ejected and rescued Capt G L Getman ejected and rescued Martin-Baker
15th June 1965 USMC F-4B 149444
WH		 VMFA‑542 Crashed Tokyo Bay, Japan killed killed  
16th June 1965
USAF		 F-4C Phantom II 63-7579   both engines lost power and then  flamed out. Crashed 5.5 M N of runway at Holloman AFB, NM, USA     Martin Baker
Capt. W. J. Smith ejected Lt. M. R. Syptak ejected Martin Baker

20 June 1965

 
US		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0685 45 TFS, 15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

shot down by a MiG‑17 near Ta Chan in northwest North Vietnam

   Martin-Baker
Capt Paul Anthony Kari (POW Capt Curt H Briggs (survived rescued the following day, probably by a USAF or Air America helicopter. Martin-Baker

24 July 1965

 
US		 F-4C Phantom II 63‑7599 47 TFS,15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

providing CAP first US airmen to be shot down by a North Vietnamese SA‑2 surface‑to‑air‑missile 40 miles west of Hanoi

 Martin-Baker

Capt Roscoe Henry Fobair
(KIA)

  Capt Richard Paul Keirn
(POW)		 Martin-Baker
28th July 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 150646
NE 101		 VF-21 / CVA-41 USS Midway Combat air patrol due to a double flameout and complete electrical failure at 6500
feet while on combat air patrol off the USS Midway (CVA-41)
in the Tonkin Gulf off Vietnam. 		    Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr. E. W. Fitzsimmons
ejected picked out of the gulf by a USS Midway helicopter		 Lt. (jg) Ronald L. Griffith
ejected picked out of the gulf by a USS Midway helicopter		 Martin-Baker
31st July 1965   F-4B Phantom II 148382
NG		 VF‑92nd or VF‑96
USS Enterprise		 flew into the water during final approach to carrier killed killed  
9th August 1965
USN		 F-4D Phantom II 150641
AD		 VF‑101
NAS Key West, FL, USA		 non‑recoverable flat spin, crashed  in Gulf of Mexico     Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr.  J. F. Dorsey ejected Lt. F.G. Staudenmayer ejected Martin-Baker
24th August 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 152215

NE-21

 VF-21
CVW‑2
 USS Midway
CVA-41		 Strike against the Dragon's Jaw Bridge at Thanh Hoa. SA-2 at about 11,000 feet  near the village of Phu Ban, north of Thanh Hoa,  North Vietnam Martin-Baker
Cdr. Frederick Augustus  W. Franke ejected
POW

released on 12th February 1973

 Lt. Cdr. Robert Hartch Doremus ejected
POW

released on 12th February 1973

 Martin-Baker
24th August 1965
USAF		 F-4 Phantom       1/Lt. M. J. Phillips ejected   Martin-Baker
1st September 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom 151516    entered uncontrollable roll and steep dive. Crashed in Mediterranean Lt. (jg)  C.Stark ejected   Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg)  J. S. Reed ejected   Martin-Baker
4 September 1965
US		 F-4C Phantom II 63‑7700 47 TFS, 15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

crashed during a strafing run during strike against barracks in the My Hoa area, 50 miles south of Thanh Hoa

 x x  
Capt James Alvin Branch
(KIA)		 1 Lt Eugene Millard Jewell (KIA)
17th or 19th September 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom II 151479
AC 		VF‑31
NAS Oceana, VA, USA		 Wing hit ground and aircraft crashed Columbia N.C. RIO Lt. (jg)  P. S. Anselmo
ejected.		 no rear seat occupant Martin-Baker
24 September 1965
US		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0700 47 TFS,15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

AAA

attack on army barracks at the village of

Vinh Linh near the coast

     Martin-Baker
Capt Jack D Gravis (survived) ejected about five miles off the coast and recovered by HU‑16 Albatross, piloted by Maj D C Hollenfeld 1 Lt Wylie E Nolen (survived) ejected about five miles off the coast and recovered by HU‑16 Albatross, piloted by Maj D C Hollenfeld Martin-Baker
 27th September 1965   F-4C 63‑7606  15th TFW aircraft stall at low level Lakeland, FL, USA ??
killed		 ??
killed		  
30 September 1965
US		 F-4C 64‑0660 47 TFS,15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

hit by an SA‑2 SA over the Ninh Binh Bridge

   x  
Capt Chambless M Chesnutt
(KIA)		 1 Lt Michael Daniel Chwan (KIA)

1 October 1965

 
US		 F-4C 63‑7712 47 TFS,15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

hit by small arms fire near Ban Chan, 65 miles west of Hanoi

 x x Martin-Baker
Capt Charles Joseph Scharf
(KIA)		 1 Lt Martin John Massucci (KIA) Martin-Baker
5th October 1965
US		 F-4C Phantom II 63‑7563

43 or 47 TFS,15 TFW on TDY, USAF, Ubon

 

on a road bridge at Lang Met, 40 miles northeast of Hanoi and just nine miles northeast of Kep

 

 Martin-Baker

Capt James Otis Hivner (POW) ejected 15 miles northeast of Lang Met

 1 Lt Thomas Joseph Barrett (POW) ejected 15 miles northeast of Lang Met Martin-Baker
 16th October 1965   F-4B 152228   USS America collided with RA‑5C 150836 during night carrier landing killed killed  

17th October 1965

 
US		 F-4B Phantom II 151515 VF‑84, USN, USS Independence

Thai Nguyen road bridge, 30 miles due north of Hanoi

 x Martin-Baker
Lt Cdr Stanley Edward Olmstead (KIA) Lt(jg) Porter Alexander Halyburton (POW) Martin-Baker
17th October 1965
US		 F-4B Phantom II 151494

VF‑84, USN, USS Independence

 

hit by AAA

 Martin-Baker
Ens Ralph Ellis Gaither (POW) Lt(jg) Rodney Allen Knutson
(POW badly injured during the ejection suffering fractures to his neck and backbone.- killed two of his attackers before knocked unconscious by bullet that grazed his forehead and nose		 Martin-Baker
17th October 1965
US		 F-4B Phantom II 150631 VF-41, USN, USS Independence

Struck by anti-aircraft artillery fire as they made a pass on the Thai Nguyen bridge located approximately 38 miles north of Hanoi made an effort to get "feet wet", the aircraft crashed near the town of Quang Lang, approximately 54 miles north of Haiphong and 65 miles northeast of Hanoi

 Martin-Baker
Lt Roderick Lewis Mayer (KIA)LINK Lt(jg) David Robert Wheat (POW) Martin-Baker

18th  October 1965

 
US		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0730 68 TFS, 8 TFW attached to 6234 TFW, USAF, Korat

raid on a railway bridge near Ha Tinh, 35 miles south of Vinh

 Martin-Baker
Capt Thomas Edward Collins (POW)suffered compression fractures to several vertebrae 1 Lt Edward Alan  "Al" Brudno (POW) Martin-Baker
25th October 1965   F-4C 64‑0709   Crashed in Pacific 50 M SW of Naha AB, Okinawa, Japan      
killed killed  

26 October 1965

 
US		 F-4B 151505 VF‑84, USN, USS Independence

Attacking radar on the island of Bach Long Vi, 70 miles offshore from Haiphong

     Martin-Baker
Lt Grover G Erickson (survived)  ejected about 10 miles south of the island and recovered  a US Navy vessel Lt(jg) John H Perry (survived) ejected about 10 miles south of the island and recovered by a Seasprite helicopter Martin-Baker
26 October 1965
US		 F-4B Phantom II 149410
VMFA‑115, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang

Returning from a strike mission in poor visibility when they both flew into the side of Monkey Mountain,  five miles northeast of Da Nang

  

 

 

 
1 Lt William Raymond Gendebien (KIA)		 Martin-Baker
x  
CWO John Robert Petty (KIA) Martin-Baker
26 October 1965
US		 F-4B Phantom II 150998
VMFA‑115, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang

Returning from a strike mission in poor visibility when they both flew into the side of Monkey Mountain, five miles northeast of Da Nang
Capt William Jennings Tebow (KIA)		 Martin-Baker
x  
1 Lt John Bunce McHale (KIA) Martin-Baker
28 October 1965
US		 F-4B 150626 VF-41, USN, USS Independence

bombing run on a bridge about 25 miles west of the DMZ when his aircraft was hit by ground fire

     Martin-Baker
Lt Cdr A M Lindsey (survived) ejected at 1,500 feet. recovered by helicopter Lt(jg) Robert VU Cooper (survived) ejected 3,500 feet recovered by helicopter Martin-Baker
10th November 1965   F-4B 152248
NK 2		 VF‑142
USS Ranger		 radar contact was lost on flight from carrier killed killed  
16th November 1965
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 150451   Disoriented in bad weather, nr Yuma, AZ, USA 1/Lt. R. C. Martinsen ejected RIO killed Martin-Baker
22nd November 1965 USAF F-4C Phantom II 63-7427    Caught fire in left hand wing root area Avon Park range, FL, USA      
Pilot ejected RIO ejected  
26th November 1965   F-4B 150410
AJ 1		 VF‑74
USS Forrestal		 stalled following night launch and crashed into the water killed killed  

28th November 1965
US		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0729 557 TFS, 12 TFW, USAF, Cam Ranh Bay

Providing air support in the northwest corner of South Viet Nam when hit and managed to get within a couple of miles of Pleiku

     Martin-Baker
Capt Robert "Bob" D Street
(survived) ejected recovered by a USAF helicopter		 1 Lt Henry James "Jim" Knoch
(survived) ejected recovered by a USAF helicopter
[also ejected on 4th May 1966,
 16th September 1966]		 Martin-Baker

28th November 1965  
US		 F-4B 151409

VF‑92, USN, USS Enterprise

 

     Martin-Baker
Lt T J Potter
(survived)		 Lt(jg) C W Schmidt (survived) Martin-Baker
2 December 1965
USN		 F‑4B 151409, NG 206 VF‑92
 CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65		 own Mk82 bombs; South Vietnam     Martin-Baker
Lt T J Potter ejected, recovered Lt (jg) D W Schmidt ejected, recovered Martin-Baker
2 December 1965
USN		 F‑4B Phantom II 152220, NH 412 VF‑114
CVW‑11
USS Kitty Hawk
CVA-63		 cause unknown; presumed  aircraft had flown into the hill soon after it entered cloud  10 miles south of Mu Ron MaNorth Vietnam x x  
Cdr Carl Benjamin Austin
(KIA)		 Lt(jg) Jacob Drummond Logan
(KIA)
2nd December 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom 149468 NG 6. VF‑96
 CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65		 non combat, ran out of fuel after several bolters in bad weather, South China Sea off NVN,     Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg)  Robert J J. Miller ejected, recovered by HC‑1 detachment Seasprite helicopter Lt. (jg)  G. F. Martin ejected, recovered by HC‑1 detachment Seasprite helicopter Martin-Baker
7 December 1965
USMC		 F-4B Phantom II 152261


VMFA‑323, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang

 

shot down about 45 miles west of Thanh Hoa

 x Martin-Baker
Maj John Howard "Howie" Dunn
(POW)ejected safely and evaded capture for six days		 CWO John William Frederick
(POW ‑ Died of typhoid on 19 July 1972)		 Martin-Baker
7 December 1965
US		 F-4C 64‑0723 557 TFS, 12 TFW, USAF, Cam Ranh Bay

shot down by ground fire in the Central Highlands 20 miles east of Dak Seang

   x no ejection
Capt James Donald Sala (KIA) Capt Robert Wayne Wranosky
(KIA)
12th December 1965
USN		 F-4 Phantom       Lt. (jg)  W. A. Cote ejected   Martin-Baker

19th December 1965

 
US		 F-4C Phantom II 63‑7527 433 TFS, 8 TFW, USAF, Ubon

Escorting a strike on a road bridge at Bac Can. near miss from an SA‑2 missile at 20,000 feet 35 miles due west of Hanoi

 Martin-Baker
Capt Robert S "Bob" Kan (survived) ejected about 15 miles east of Nakhon Phanom 1 Lt Joe L Moran (survived) ejected about 15 miles east of Nakhon Phanom
 [personal testimony]		 Martin-Baker

20 December 1965

 
US		 F-4C Phantom II 64‑0678 433 TFS, 8 TFW, USAF, Ubon

Hit by 57mm AAA over what appeared to be a pilot training dirt airstrip near Lang Son near the Chinese border.

   Martin-Baker
1 Lt George Ivison Mims
(KIA)		 Capt Robert Duncan Jeffrey
(POW)ejected through  fireball		 Martin-Baker
28 December 1965
USN		 F‑4B 151412, NG 203 VF‑92
 CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65		 hit by ground fire, nr Ban Pondong, 5 M W of Mu Gia pass, W of Ban Na Phao, Laos      
Cdr Edgar Arthur Rawsthorne
KIA		 Lt A S Hill, Jr
KIA		  
28th December 1965
USN		 F-4B Phantom 151437
NG 601		 VF‑96
 CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65		 non combat, an out of fuel on approach in bad weather Vietnam     Martin-Baker
Lt. D. H. Forsgren
ejected, recovered		 Lt. (jg)  R. M. Jewell
ejected, recovered		 Martin-Baker

  

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank the following for their help, support and guidance in the compilation of data and photographs used in these lists
 

The NAM-POW community
 Steve Coester for photographs of LCdr Kenneth Richard  Buell
Robert Musselman for permission to include photo of  his brother Lt (jg) Stephen Owen  Musselman
The webmasters of
                                 "The Virtual Wall"
                                 "Task Force Omega"
                                 "The Skyhawk Organisation"
                                 "Last Call"
AFM and Dave Allport
SCRAMBLE.nl

If I have inadvertantly omitted to include your name please contact me so that I can add it to the acknowledgements

REFERENCES

To Be Added

To add - Further Pre & Post Vietnam Ejections and Losses Help needed to identify them.