Image: F-105 hit by SA-2 over Vietnam
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Description: A U.S. Air Force Republic F-105D Thunderchief trailing fire and smoke just after interception by an SA-2 missile on February 14, 1968. The SA-2 did not actually hit an aircraft — the warhead was detonated by a command from the tracking radar or by a proximity fuse in the missile when it neared the target, throwing deadly fragments over a wide area. The pilot, Robert Malcolm Elliot (1929-1968), was killed. His body was not recovered until 1998.
Title: F-105 hit by SA-2 over Vietnam
Credit: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 090605-F-1234P-018
Author: USAF
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