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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.
Downed USAF Douglas A-1E, pilot was later awarded the Medal of Honor A-1 Skyraider—191 total, 150 in combat . First loss: A-1E 52-132465 (1st Air Commando Squadron [ACS], 34th Tactical Group [TG]) shot down during night training mission on 29 August 1964 near Bien Hoa, SVN (Capt Richard Dean Goss KIA, one RVNAF observer [name unknown] KIA) [12]: 10
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
South Vietnam, Da Nang: Pilot of OV-10 #67-14673 that was seen to explode in mid-air while directing naval gunfire [93] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] October 12: Peacock, John R: Captain: USMC: VMA-533: North Vietnam, Quảng Bình Province: Pilot of an A-6A #155700 that disappeared on a bombing mission [94] Presumptive finding of ...
South Vietnam: Pilot of UH-1C #64-14172 that exploded in midair on a combat support mission. Unidentifiable remains of 4 bodies were located 4 days later but could not be recovered due to enemy fire [203] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 8: Dayton, James L: Warrant Officer: US Army: 281st Assault Helicopter Company: Operation ...
Klusmann was a navy lieutenant (O-3) when he was shot down over the Plain of Jars, Laos) on June 6, 1964, flying an RF-8A Crusader aircraft from the VFP-63, USS Kitty Hawk He was the first airman shot down and captured by the Pathet Lao and the first to escape three months later, on August 30.
The remains of a Vietnam War pilot were identified a half century after his plane vanished, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Wednesday in a statement. U.S. Marine Corps Capt ...
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.