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| Keywords: McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II prototype on 5 June 1958.jpg The first U S Navy McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II prototype BuNo 142259 at the McDonnell plant in St Louis Missouri USA on 5 June 1958 eight days after its first flight 142259 crashed near Edwards Air Force Base California USA due to a failure of the aft access door of the right engine during the 296th flight in its flight test program The test pilot Gerald Huelsbeck initiated the seat ejection sequence but was killed when he ejected too low for the parachute to deploy Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/usn/usn-71000/usn-710171-f4h-1 html USN 710171 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1958-06-05 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4A Phantom II | ||||
