MAKE A MEME View Large Image Roosevelt (CVA-42) in August 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk BuNo 145143 from Attack Squadron 172 VA-172 Blue Bolts prepares to leave the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42 10 August 1966 VA-172 was ...
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Keywords: A-4C of VA-172 on catapult of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in August 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk BuNo 145143 from Attack Squadron 172 VA-172 Blue Bolts prepares to leave the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42 10 August 1966 VA-172 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 1 CVW-1 aboard the Franklin D Roosevelt for a deployment to Vietnam from 21 June 1966 to 21 February 1967 <br> This aircraft was lost on 2 December 1966 when it was shot down by a North Vietnamese SA-2 missile during a night reconnaissance mission over the Red River delta south of Hanoi Vietnam The pilot Commander Bruce A Nystrom VA-172's commanding officer was killed Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-1118000/USN-1118347 html USN 1118347 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1966-08-10 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4C Skyhawk Attack Squadron 172 United States Navy Aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Vietnam War in 1966 United States Navy air group commander aircraft
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