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Who was the first American killed by a SAM or RIM?
(RIM Ship-launched, intercept-aerial, guided missile) maybe: 1965: "On the night of August 11-12, the first Navy aircraft fell victim to SAMs. LCDR Francis D. Roberge and LTJG Donald H. Brown of VA 23, flying A4Es from the deck of the carrier USS MIDWAY, were struck by SAMS while on a road reconnaissance some sixty miles south of Hanoi. The pilots saw what they believed were two flares glowing beneath the clouds and coming closer. Too late, they realized that glowing missile propellant was the source of the light. Brown's aircraft exploded and crashed, while Roberge's limped back to the ship with a horribly scorched and peppered belly." Source: http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/b/b430.htm Thanks Mike |
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