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Silver Kite 211 by Philip West. - Cranston Military Prints

Silver Kite 211 by Philip West.


Silver Kite 211 by Philip West.

10th May 1972. Lt. Curt Dose together with his RIO, LCDR Jim McDevitt line up their F-4J Phantom prior to landing on the USS Constellation following their first successful target CAP of the day. During this mission they claimed a MiG-21F after a ultra-low level supersonic flight over the North Vietnamese airfield of Kep, northeast of Hanoi.
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