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| HA1930 | Corgi | F-4C Phantom II - 45th TFS, Vietnam MiG Killer (900 ONLY) | £ |
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| McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom 11 "64-0693",FJ-693 of the 45th TFS based at Ubon, Thailand in July 1965. "First USAF MIG Killer". VERY LOW PRODUCTION RUN OF ONLY 900 UNITS WORLDWIDE. On July 10, 1965 F-4C 64-0693 from the 45th TFS 2nd AD crewed by Capt. K.E. Holcombe and Capt. A.C. Clark using the callsign “Mink 03” shot down a Mig-17 using AIM-98 missiles. The normal procedure was for a flight of F-4s to fly ahead of a flight of F-105s and clear they way. The MiG-17s would wait for the second flight comprised of the F-105s before they would attack. The Vietnamese People’s Air Force knew that by waiting the escorting F-4s would be low on fuel and couldn’t stay to protect the F-105s. On July 10, 1965 things were different; there were no F-105s in either of the two flights. Four F-4Cs with call signs Mink 01 through 04 departed 20 minutes after the first flight and flew at 20,000 feet and mach .85 to simulate the characteristics of a flight of F-105s. Once the Minks arrived at the target area VPAF Mig-17s arose to the occasion only to find F-4Cs instead of the usual F-105s. After being drawn into a turning fight Mink 03 dived and climbed and managed to get behind the MiG-17. Mink 03 fired an AIM-9B but missed due to a radar malfunction so they immediately fired 3 more. Two of the missiles were fired without lock-on but exploded close enough to reduce the MiG-17 to a fire ball. This action made Capt. K.E. Holcombe and Capt. A.C. Clark the first crew to shoot down a MiG-17. On July 30, 1967 F-4C 64-0693 and crew now assigned to the 559th TFS were lost over the southern panhandle of North Vietnam. The first of 583 F-4C ordered by the USAF began delivery in late 1963. They basically were F-4Bs that had been refit for ground operations. The F-4C arrived in Southeast Asia in early 1965 and by 1966 equipped 7 squadrons in Vietnam and 3 in Thailand. The early F-4Cs lacked guns and relied totally on missiles but it wasn’t long before the addition of SUU-16A gun pods with M-61AI-20-mm guns were put to use to compensate for the lack of internal guns. The addition of these gun pods gave the pilot gun fire but degraded the performance of the aircraft. The first F-4Cs suffered from many defects such as wing tanks that would spring leaks and require resealing after every flight. Many had cracked ribs on outer wing panels. It wasn’t too long before the F-4D made an appearance. |
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