F-105_hit_by_SA-2_over_Vietnam.jpg
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English:
A U.S. Air Force Republic F-105D-6-RE
Thunderchief
(s/n 60-0418, 34th TFS, 388th TFW) trailing fire and smoke just after interception by an SA-2 missile, circa 23 km south of Hanoi, Vietnam, on 14 February 1968. The SA-2 did not actually hit an aircraft — the warhead was detonated by a command from the tracking radar or by a proximity fuse in the missile when it neared the target, throwing deadly fragments over a wide area. The pilot, Robert Malcolm Elliot (1929-1968), was killed. His body was not recovered until 1998.
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| Source | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 090605-F-1234P-018 |
| Author | U.S. Air Force |
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