Image: Pilot ejects from RF-8A 1963
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Description: U.S. Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) J.M. Baucom ejects from the cockpit of an Vought RF-8A Crusader (BuNo 145634) of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-62 on 13 November 1963. He ejected safely and was picked up by rescue helicopter. The helicopter, however, crashed 5 km from Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA), due to engine problems, but both the helicopter crew and the rescued pilot were uninjured.
Title: Pilot ejects from RF-8A 1963
Credit: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.230.011
Author: U.S. Navy
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