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VFP-63 was a Light Photographic Squadron of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as Composite Squadron Sixty-One (VC-61) on 20 January 1949, it was redesignated as Fighter Photographic Squadron (VFP-61) on 2 July 1956.
Crash Location: Near Ap Bac, Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam. Both Aircrew members were Killed In-Action; Last VAL-4 loss: 155461 crashed on 9 February 1972. Crash Location: Into Sea off southwest coast of Vietnam near Rach Gia and Ca Mau. Pilot was Killed In-Action, Copilot ejected and was Wounded In-Action; P-3B Orion – 2 lost
North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot an EA-6A #156979 that disappeared on a night mission [39] Presumptive finding of death [3] April 14: Greenleaf, Joseph G: Lieutenant: US Navy: VF-114, USS Kitty Hawk: Easter Offensive: South Vietnam, Cam Lo District: Pilot of an F-4J hit by ground fire and seen to hit the ground with no ejection observed.
A U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, 52-968, of the 28th Air Transport Squadron, [180] en route from Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo, Japan, to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii with nine on board and 11 tons of cargo, disappears over the Pacific Ocean after making a fuel stop at Wake Island. Due at Hickam at 0539 hrs.
South Vietnam, Phước Long Province: Pilot of UH-1B #63-038557 that crashed under heavy fire while making an emergency troop insertion into the area of the Đồng Xoài Special Forces Camp [76] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] June 10: Johnson, Bruce G: Captain: US Army: SD-5891 (5th ARVN Division), MACV Advisors: Battle of Đồng Xoài
The pilot, Lieutenant Commander Michael Scott Speicher, of VFA-81 was killed but his body was not found until July 2009. January 17 – An A-6E Intruder (Bureau Number 161668) was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over western Iraq. The pilot, Lieutenant Robert Wetzel, and Navigator/Bombardier, Lieutenant Jeffrey Norton Zaun, were captured.
US Army: 165th Aviation Group: South Vietnam: Pilot of U-21A #66-18041 that disappeared on a flight from Phu Bai to Danang [290] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] December 19: Forame, Peter C: 1st Lieutenant: US Army: 2nd Squadron, 11th Cavalry Regiment: Cambodia, Kampong Cham Province: Copilot of OH-6A #67-16347 shot down on a bomb ...
North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot of an F-4C #63-7664 shot down while flying a diversionary mission for the mine-laying mission. Aircraft crashed at sea, no ejection observed [125] Presumptive finding of death [3] May 31: Ragland, Dayton W: Lieutenant Colonel: USAF: 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron: Operation Carolina Moon: North Vietnam ...