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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
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.
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...