Keywords: A-4C of VA-76 on elevator of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1965.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk BuNo 147704 from Attack Squadron VA-76 Spirits is loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVAN-65 VA-76 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 6 CVG-6 aboard the Big E for a deployment to the Mediterrranean Sea from 6 February to 4 September 1963 <br>The A-4C 147704 stayed with VA-76 and the Big E but was lost on 2 January 1966 when it crashed on the slope of a mountainside in thick fog at Duc Pho Quang Ngai Province South Vietnam The pilot was killed Naval Historical Center Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA VAH VAK VAL VAP and VFA Squadrons Department of the Navy Wasington D C 1995 http //www history navy mil/download/va-76-104 pdf Chapter 2 Attack Squadron Histories for VA-76 to VA-104 p 141 1963 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4C Skyhawk Attack Squadron 76 United States Navy USS Enterprise CVN-65 hangar deck |