Aircraft Photo of 153077 | McDonnell F-4J Phantom II | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #715119
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:153077
Military Code:202
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Version:McDonnell F-4J Phantom II
C/n (msn):1579
Display Paint:USA - Marines
Location
City / Area:Mount Pleasant / Patriots Point Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Collection:Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
 
Photo Date:13 December 2022
Photo by:Arjun Sarup
Photo ID: 715119
Photo Comment

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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