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| Keywords: F-8Cs VF-111 and RF-8G VFP-63 in flight 1967.jpg Two U S Navy Vought F-8C Crusader aircraft BuNo 146993 147022 from Fighter Squadron VF-111 Det 11 Omar's Orphans and a RF-8G BuNo 146866 from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 Det 11 Eyes of the Fleet in flight The aircraft were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 10 CVW-10 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 for a deployment to Vietnam from 11 May to 30 December 1967 <br> The F-8Cs were a detachment of VF-111 Sundowners which was assigned to CVW-16 note tail code AH aboard USS Oriskany CVA-34 146993 was shot down by flak over the Red River delta North Vietnam on 12 August 1967 The pilot ejected and was rescued by a U S Navy helicopter Official U S Navy photograph http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv11-67/039 htm from the http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv11-67/index_006 htm USS Intrepid CVS-11 1967 cruise book available on http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de 1967 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8C Crusader RF-8 Crusader Fighter Squadron 111 United States Navy Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 United States Navy Vietnam War in 1967 | ||||
