Bombed Vinh Tuy Highway Bridge

Title: Bombed Vinh Tuy Highway Bridge
Description: Original caption: "Hq 2AD Tan Son Nhut Afld RVN - Supply Route Cut - A flight of four U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchiefs knocked out one span of the Vinh Tuy Highway Bridge on Aug. 11. After cutting the Communist supply route, the F-105 piloted by Capt. Lawerence D. Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio, was downed by anti-aircraft fire. Captain Wilson ejected from his aircraft was rescued from the Gulf of Tonkin by an HU-16 Albatross." An aerial photo of a bomber bridge over a river.
Is Format Of: 363-03210.jpg
Identifier: 363-03210
Date: 1965, Aug. 26
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Aerial photography; Bombing, Aerial; Aerial reconnaissance; United States. Air Force; Thunderchief (Jet fighter plane); Bridges
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Physical Dimensions: 6 x 8 cm
Is Part Of: B146, F5
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Is Required By: MS 363
Collection: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Air Force
Contributor: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Rights: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections