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| Keywords: A-1H VA-25 CVA-41bomb.jpg The U S Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider NE-572 BuNo 135297 Paper Tiger II which was a temporary name used for just this one flight of Attack Squadron VA-25 Fist of the Fleet being readied for a mission over the Mekong Delta in October 1965 VA-25 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Two CVW-2 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway CVA-41 To commemorate the mark of having delivered 6 000 000 lb 2721 56 to of ordnance NE-572 was equipped with a special bomb a toilet The toilet was a damaged toilet which was going to be thrown overboard One of the plane captains of VA-25 saved it and the ordnance crew made a rack tailfins and nose fuse for it VA-25 personnel maintained a position to block the view of the Air Boss and the ship's Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward to the catapult The plane was piloted by X/O Cdr Clarence W Stoddard wingman was LCdr Robin Bacon in NE-577 BuNo 139768 with Lt Clint Johnson shot down a MiG-17 on 20 June 1965 When the sani-flush-bomb was dropped it almost hit LCdr Bacon's plane due to its light weight <br>Cdr Bill Stoddard now C/O was shot down and killed by SAMs over North Vietnam on 14 September 1966 flying with VA-25 from the USS Coral Sea CVA-43 U S Navy sailor or employee http //midwaysailor com/midwayva25bomb/; larger b/w file available at the National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 2381 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035284 QueryPage 2FAdvQuery php 1965-10 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-6 A-1H Skyraider Aboard USS Midway CV-41 Attack Squadron 25 United States Navy Aircraft toilets | ||||
