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VFP-63 was a Light Photographic Squadron of the U.S. Navy. ... On 8 May RF-8A [BuNo 145628] was hit by AAA fire over North Vietnam, the pilot ejected and was rescued. [5]
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.
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, Major Thomas F. Koritz, and Weapons Systems Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Donnie R. Holland, were killed. Their bodies were recovered. January 18 – An A-6E Intruder (Bureau Number 152928) was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery two miles from the Iraqi shore after dropping mines on a waterway linking the Iraqi naval base of Umm Qasr ...
The helicopter goes down just as McNamara lands in another chopper with Maj. Gen. Hguyen Khanh, head of South Vietnam's military government. The Huey's engine apparently stalls, losing power just as the helicopter executes a sharp sweeping turn upward after making a low level pass over some trees while looking for snipers.
William A. Sayers writing in 2019 asserted that North Vietnam only had three aces in the war including Phạm Thanh Ngân, with the other "aces" being creations of North Vietnamese propaganda that included claimed "kills" on days where no U.S. losses occurred, crediting VPAF pilots with kills that had actually been achieved by surface to air ...
VFP-63, USS Bon Homme Richard: North Vietnam, Thanh Hóa Province: His RF-8A was shot down while conducting a low-altitude bomb damage assessment mission [69] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] until May 2017 when his remains were identified [70] June 9: Dale, Charles A: 1st Lieutenant: US Army: 73rd Aviation Company: South Vietnam, Vĩnh ...
US Army: 165th Aviation Group: South Vietnam: Copilot of U-21A #66-18041 that disappeared on a flight from Phu Bai to Danang [289] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] December 14: Perry, Otha L: Chief Warrant Officer: US Army: 165th Aviation Group: South Vietnam: Pilot of U-21A #66-18041 that disappeared on a flight from Phu Bai to Danang ...