• Aircraft:

  McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II

• Reg: 153077 photos
• Serial #:

  1579

• Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
• Photo Date: Dec 13, 2022
• Uploaded: Aug 18, 2024
• Other Location - USS Yorktown, USA - South Carolina

On display on the flight deck of museum ship CV-10 USS Yorktown. The Phantom wears the markings of VMFA-333 “Fighting Shamrocks” that goes back to VMSB-333 activated on 1 Aug 1943. The unit moved from the F-8 Crusader to the F-4 in 1966. Deployed aboard CVA-66 USS America, it arrived on Yankee Station on 13 Jul 1972. On 11 Sep 1972 Maj. Lee T. Lasseter and RIO Capt. J. Cummings shot down a MiG-21 near Hanoi but were hit by a SA-2, forcing the crew to eject over the sea. It was the only all-Marine kill during the Vietnam War. VMFA-333 was the last regular USMC unit to operate the Phantom.

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