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Date: 22 May 1968
Aircraft type: F-4D Phantom
Serial Number: 66-0246
Military Unit: 433 TFS, 8 TFW
Service: USAF
Home Base: Ubon
Name(s):
Capt John Hunter Crews (KIA)
1Lt Dean Paul St Pierre (KIA)

Another Night Owl Phantom was lost on the night of the 22nd. Capt Crews had spotted a convoy of six trucks on a road 20 miles west of Dong Hoi and rolled in to the attack. The aircraft (call sign Dipper) crashed near the road, possibly as a result of being hit by 85mm AAA. There was no sign of any ejection and it was presumed that both men had been killed in the crash.

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