F-4C-19-MC s/n 63-7536 "Cirano The Fearless"
*USAF 4453rd CCTW.
*USAF 17th TRS.
*USAF 58th TFTW.
*1979-86: Michigan ANG 171st FIS.
*1/9/1983: Written off? No?
*7/1986: Assigned as a battle damage repair trainer to RAF Lakenheath, England.
*Was preserved at Norvenich AB, Germany.
*Currently preserved at the Seiferthofen Museum, Germany.
191st Chief Crews Jimmy Hanna/ Edgar Gunn.
The aircraft was involved in a mid-air incident.
One of two USAF McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom IIs, call sign Juliet Lima 26, of the Michigan Air National Guard sent on a Special Military Instrument Intercept Clearance Mission to intercept a private Beechcraft D-55 Baron, registered N7142N, that strays into restricted ADIZ zone off the North Carolina coast, collides at 1641 hrs. EST,[92] in poor visibility with light-twin piloted by Waynesboro, Virginia lawyer Henry H. Tiffany.[93] The Phantom's port wing slicing through the Baron's fuselage and cabin, killing all seven on board. Although suffering damage to the port wing leading edge and loss of port wing tank assembly, the F-4C returns safely to Seymour-Johnson AFB near Goldsboro, North Carolina.
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Photo credit Bob Sihler |
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Photo credit Bob Sihler |
Note the Port side engine bay was in camouflage also. The paint scheme as shown has been verified by 536 last Crew Chief Edgar Gunn of the 191St FIG. Note added 8 Sept 2020
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Notice the wing is in camo. It was replaced after the air to air accident |
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Photo provided by Edgar Gunn crew chief. |
Fresh from Luke AFB (536) Photo credit Art Doran