F-105's in New Zealand

[Antonio]

Loved the images on the AFMoNZ site of the 18th TFW F-105s.
I watched their perfomances, mouth open, as a star struck 13 year old at Air Force Day 64 at Ohakea.
To complete the photo, I have aded their fates, thanks to Joe Baugher's site:


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Air Force Day open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Line up of F-105 Thunderchief aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF on the tarmac.

L-R: 61-0212, 61-0171, 61-0215, 62-4263, 62-4224.

F-105D-25-RE:  0212:  (MSN D407) to MASDC as FK0037 May 20, 1981
F-105D-25-RE:  0171:  (355th TFW, 563rd TFS) shot down Apr 17, 1965. Pilot KIA.
F-105D-25-RE:  0215:  shot down over Laos Feb 26, 1966. 
F-105D-31-RE:  4269:  crashed 30 mi NW of Ben Bai, North Vietnam Nov 2, 1966. Pilot loat (sic)
F-105D-25-RE:  4224:  no data

[Antonio]

They also have this image:


PR5973-R2-21a-65 

Exercise Pacific Concord in Australia.
Public air show and display at RAAF Base Richmond.
Static aircraft parked on the tarmac in front of the crowds.
L-R: Hercules, Neptune, Caribou, Canberra, F-101 Voodoo, F-105 Thunderchief.

F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief:  63-8264:  (4529 CCTW) w/o Apr 21, 1964 when engine flamed out on landing approach to Indian Spring AFB, NV.
Pilot ejected successfully.

[oj]

I was based at Ohakea then, as a 19 year old Airman.
Huge nostalgia of those days, some of which I have written about elsewhere within this site.