18 May 1969
KC-130F 149814 VMGR-152 Major Jamie Sells, Major John Williams, MGSgt Carroll Hersey, MSgt Edmond Polenski, Sgt Robert Bonebright, Cpt James Cox - all KIA

F-4B 151001 VMFA-542 1Lt Charles Pigott, Capt. John Nalls - both KIA
F-4B 151450 VMFA-314 Major J D Moody, 1Lt Griffiths - both survived

Near Phu Bai. Two Phantoms from VMFA-314 were plugged into a KC-130F tanker taking on fuel when a Phantom from VMFA-542 on an oppsite track slammed into the tanker's starboard wing near the Number 3 engine. The crew from one of the 314 fighters managed to eject over the sea after jettisonig their bombs and the other aircraft (flown by Major A Gillespie and 1Lt V Maddox returned safely to Chu Lai.
 

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