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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4J-35-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:155800 USN
    Construction Number:3074
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4J-35-MC sn 155800 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-96

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4J-35-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    6 September 1968

    First flight.

    20 October 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 155800.

    Circa October 1968

    To VF-96.
    Markings added: NG-100, USS ENTERPRISE, NAVY

    9 August 1969


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Moffett Field

    10 May 1972

    Flown by Lt. Randy Cunningham and Lt. JG William Driscoll with callsign SHOWTIME 100, shot down 3 MiG-17s with AIM-9Gs over North Vietnam, becoming first aces of the Vietnam War.

    10 May 1972

    Destroyed in a crash.
    After shooting down the 3 MiGs, the Showtime 100 was hit and damaged by an SA-2 SAM over Hai Duoing, 30 mi E of Hanoi. The crew flew 5 miles off the coast where both ejected safely and were rescued by SH-3 helicopters.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     F-4 Phantom II Production and Operational Data by William R Peake
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Max Sabin
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