F-104C 70925 (57-0925) "Smoke II" 479th TFW, assigned to 8th TFW at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand 1966

F-104C, construction number 183-1242, model 483-04-05, US serial number 57-0925, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed at Burbank, California, delivery date March 11, 1959, 479th TFW, "Smoke II" 1966 at Udorn 435 TFS
shot down August 1, 1966 by a SA-2 SAM over North Vietnam while escorting a F-105G Wild Weasel mission (Iron hand Escort) flying from Udorn
pilot LtCol A. Tom Finney was killed in action (KIA), written off.

copyright © Harry Prins

the pilot flying this aircraft was Tom Finney