MAKE A MEME View Large Image Douglas A-1H A-4E CVW-16 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider BuNo 137610 of attack squadron VA-152 Friendlies and a Douglas A-4E Skyhawk from VA-163 Saints in flight over Vietnam in 1966 Both squadrons were assigned to Attack Carrier ...
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Keywords: Douglas A-1H A-4E CVW-16 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider BuNo 137610 of attack squadron VA-152 Friendlies and a Douglas A-4E Skyhawk from VA-163 Saints in flight over Vietnam in 1966 Both squadrons were assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 CVW-16 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CVA-34 for a deployment to Vietnam beginning on 26 May 1966 The deployment ended with a desatrous fire in the hangar bay of Oriskany on 16 November 1966 The A-1H 137610 was lost with its pilot Lt jg James Alvin Beene because of a gyro failure in a thunderstorm 20 km south of Hòn Mát island North Vietnam on 5 October 1966 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 2802 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16006182 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16002075 1966 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-6 A-1H Skyraider Attack Squadron 152 United States Navy A-4E Skyhawk Attack Squadron 163 United States Navy
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