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Grumman A-6 Intruder & EA-6 Prowler
Losses and Ejections

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18th March 1963


US
A-6A Intruder

149476

NATC over water   Martin-Baker GRU-5
LCDR W. S. McCord
ejected thru canopy out of seat envelope
  Martin-Baker

21st May 1964


US
A-6A Intruder

149958
AG...

VA-75     Martin-Baker GRU-5
LT JG  William "Bill" M. Tschudy ejected
[see also 18th July 1965]
LTJG J. D. Harden
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-5

28th August 1964


USN
A-6A Intruder

149938

VA-42 Damaged     Martin- GRU-5Baker
1LT R. I. Sprinfield
USMC
ejected
LTJG B. E. Allen
USN
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-5
14th July 1965
USN
A-6A Intruder 151584

AG 507

VA-75
CVW‑7
USS Independence
CVA-62
own Mk-82 bombs Martin-Baker
LT Donald "Don" V. Boecker
ejected
LT Donald "Don"  R. Eaton
ejected
Martin-Baker
18th July 1965
USN
A-6A Intruder 151585
AG 508

or

151577
AG 500

[confirm ??)

VA-75 / CVA-62 USS Independence own Mk-82 bombs, Laos Martin-Baker
CDR  Jeremiah "Jerry" A. Denton ejected (POW) LT JG  William "Bill" M. Tschudy ejected (POW)
[see also 21st May 1964]
Martin-Baker
24th July 1965
USN
A-6A Intruder 151585

AG 508

VA-75
CVW‑7
USS Independence
CVA-62
own Mk-82 bombs     Martin-Baker
LT R. P. Bordone ejected LT JG P. F.  Moffett ejected Martin-Baker
Tuesday 27th July 1965
USN
A-6 Intruder  
VA-85
mid air collision off the coast of California during work ups on the Kittyhawk prior to leaving for first WestPac     Martin-Baker
LT (jg)  G. F. Wagner ejected LT A. Malikof
killed
Martin-Baker
Tuesday 27th July 1965
USN
A-6 Intruder  
VA-85
    Martin-Baker
LT CDR.  G. B. Ball ejected LT CDR.  J. N. Spartz ejected Martin-Baker
17th September 1965
USN
A‑6A Intruder 151588, AG 511
VA‑75
CVW‑7
USS Independence
CVA-62
AAA; North Vietnam    
CDR Frederick Leonard F Vogt, Jr
KIA
LT Robert Franklin Barber
KIA
 
Wednesday 8th December 1965
USMC
A-6A Intruder   MCAS 533 Cherry Point Crashed into the Atlantic 45 miles south of Cape Lookout      
1LT Jerry Bentley
ejected
CWO William C. Carr
ejected
Martin-Baker
Tuesday 21st December 1965
USN
A-6A Intruder 151781 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
during a night attack on a road bridge on the outskirts of Haiphong      
CDR Billie Jack Cartwright
KIA
MIA
LT Edward Frank Gold
KIA
Martin-Baker
                 
 

28th January 1966


USMC
A-6A Intruder

151567

        Martin-Baker
1LT J. E. Spear
ejected
1LT H. K. Sieglinger
ejected
Martin-Baker
18th February 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151797 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
during a daylight armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam  
vw
Martin-Baker
LTJG Joseph Vaughn Murray
KIA
LTJG Thomas Anthony Schroeffel
KIA
Martin-Baker
Wednesday 2nd March 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder   Oceana Naval Air Station Nosed up and flipped over on take off      
  LT J. W. Febel
injured
 
17th April 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151794 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
Hit by AAA during armed reconnaissance mission near Mu Ron Ma, North Vietnam     Martin-Baker
LCDR D L Sayers ejected, rescued by USAF Albatross LCDR C J Hawkins ejected, rescued by USAF Albatross Martin-Baker
21st April 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151798 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
Either shot down or flew into high ground during the run in to the target of Tan Loc barracks     Martin-Baker
CDR Jack Elmer Keller
KIA
LCDR Ellis Ernest Austin
KIA
Martin-Baker
22nd April 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151785 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
Flew into the sea following attack on  Vinh
vw
  Martin-Baker
LCDR Robert Franklin Weimorts
KIA
LTJG William Brewster Nickerson
KIA
Martin-Baker
27th April 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151788
Buckeye 2
VA-85
USS Kitty Hawk
Near the mouth of the Song Ca River, north of Vinh. pic   Martin-Baker
LT William "Bill"R Westerman
wounded shoulder by bullet, ejected
rescued by same helo as Westin
LTJG Brian E "Westy" Westin ejected after Westerman into sea. Rescued by helo Martin-Baker
15th May 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151800 VA‑85
USS Kitty Hawk
unable to re-fuel from the tanker due to a technical malfunction     Martin-Baker
LCDR R G Blackwood ejected LCDR John Cooley Ellison ejected
[KIA 24 March 1967]
Martin-Baker
Monday 20th June 1966
20:57

USN
A-6A Intruder     Crashed after mid air collision with another A-6 into housing development near Buckroe Beach, Chesapeake Bay. The other crashed into the Chesapeake.     Martin-Baker
LT Charles A. Clark
24
USMC
ejected
LT William Llewellyn
USMC
ejected
Martin-Baker
Monday 20th June 1966
20:57

USMC
A-6A Intruder         Martin-Baker
LT James E. Engstrom
25
USMC
ejected
CAPT James I. Andherst
USMC
ejected
Martin-Baker

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM MATCH CREW TO AIRCRAFT or add BuNo???

   
25th June 1966
USMC
A-6A Intruder 15181
??-406
VA-65
"Tigers"
CVW‑15
USS Constellation
CVA-64
hit by AAA pulling out of its dive during a daylight raid on barracks at Hoi Thuong  
vw
Martin-Baker
LT Richard M Weber ejected rescued by USN helo LTJG Charles Weldon Marik ejected.
KIA
Martin-Baker

16th August 1966


USN
A-6A Intruder

149947

VA-75
USS Independence
      Martin-Baker
CDR Harold F. Hicks
killed
Lt Harold L. Quint
killed
Martin-Baker
27th August 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151822
 NL 402
VA-65
"Tigers"
CVW‑15
USS Constellation
CVA-64

Mission to bomb the Ngoc Son road-bridge

AAA about 15 miles northwest of Vinh.

 

Martin-Baker
LCDR John Heaphy Fellowes
ejected
POW
LTJG George Thomas Coker
ejected at about 3,000 feet
POW
Martin-Baker
4th October 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder           Martin-Baker GRU-5
LCDR P. E. Eriksen
ejected
LCDR D. R. Vandermolen
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-5

10th November 1966


USN
A-6A Intruder

149483

NATC Damaged     Martin-Baker
LT F. M. Hammond
ejected
  Martin-Baker
Date

Air Force

A'cft Unit / Serial

based

crashed crew photo seat
19th January 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 151590 VA-85
Kitty Hawk
 Hit by AAA in daylight mission against the Dong Phong Thuong bridges
vw
 
LCDR William P Yarbrough, ejected but parachute did not deploy
KIA
CDR Allen Colby Brady, ejected
POW
 
23 March 1967


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152608 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11
Da Nang
Overturned following collision with a MAC C‑141 Starlifter on runway     no ejections
CAPT Frederick Cone, able to crawl away from aircraft wreckage CAPT Doug Wilson, able to crawl away from aircraft wreckage
24th March 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 151587 VA‑85
USS Kitty
Hawk
 Lost during night strike on power plant at Bac Giang near Kep, possibly over Chinese territory
vw

vw
 
LCDR John Cooley Ellison
KIA
[There is a possibility that LCDR Ellison made radio contact with SAR.]
[see also 15 May 1966]
LTJG James Edwin Plowman
KIA
 
28th March 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder   VX-6       Martin-Baker GRU-5
LT N. R. Czuchra
ejected
CDR R. Bristol
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-5
17 April 1967


USMC

A-6A Intruder

152608 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Believed hit by AAA during night mission against target near Vinh      
CAPT James Edward Carlton
KIA
MAJ James Maurice McGarvey
KIA
 
24th April 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 152589
NH-512
VA-85, CVW-11 (CVA-63)USS Kitty Hawk hit by 85mm flak strike against MiG base at Kep  
CAPT Lewis "Irv" Williams
ejected
POW
LT JG Michael D. Christian
ejected
POW
 
19th May 1967
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152594
NG 502
VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
Hit by SAM about 20 miles southwest of Hanoi during approach to attack the Van Dien depot near the city. Martin-Baker
LCDR  Eugene B. "Red" McDaniel POW LT J K Patterson, died in captivity Martin-Baker
21st August 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 152638 VA-196
USS Constellation

 Hit by SAM during attack on Duc Noi railway yard, five miles northeast of Hanoi

 
Martin-Baker
CAPT Leo Twyman Profilet
ejected
POW
LCDR William Morgan Hardman
ejected
POW
Martin-Baker
21st August 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 152627 VA-196
USS Constellation
Seen on radar to fly North following attack on Duc Noi railway yard into Chinese Airspace. Claimed shot down by Chinese MiG-19s      
LTJG Dain Vanderlin Scott
KIA
LTJG Forrest George Trembley
KIA
 
21st August 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 152625 VA-196
USS Constellation
   
LCDR Jimmy Lee Buckley
KIA
LT Robert James Flynn
POW
 
26th August 1967


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152639 VMA(AW)‑533
 MAG‑12
 Chu Lai
Hit by AAA at low level during a night strike on storage buildings to the east of Hon Gay, and crashed  
MAJ Vladimir Henry Bacik
KIA
CAPT Paschal Glenn Boggs
KIA
vw
 
Both appear in the Martin-Baker Ejection Lists for 1967

 5th September 1967


USN
A-6A Intruder

152613

VA-128       Martin-Baker GRU-5
LTJG J. D. Hunt
ejected
LTJG D. W. Driver
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-5
30 October 1967


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152601 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Lost during night mission Canal des Rapides Bridge near Hanoi  
CAPT Hugh Michael Fanning
KIA
[some reports suggest he was taken POW]
vw
CAPT Stephen Jay Kott
KIA
vw
 
Both appear in the Martin-Baker Ejection Lists for 1967
2nd November 1967


USN

A‑6A  Intruder 152629 VA‑19
USS Constellation
Lost  near Van La, 10 miles south of Hanoi during night mission against a ferry at Kim Quan.    
LCDR Richard David Morrow
KIA
vw
L. James Joseph Wright
KIA
 
2nd November 1967


USMC

A‑6A  Intruder   MCAS Cherry Point Mid air between two A-6
crashed
     
??
ejected
??
ejected
 
2nd November 1967


USMC

A‑6A  Intruder   MCAS Cherry Point Mid air between two A-6
landed safely
     
     
2nd November 1967


USN

A‑6A  Intruder 152629
NK-403
VA-196 Shot down near Van La, ten miles south of Hanoi      
???
killed
???
killed
 
4th November 1967 CAPT J. J. Caid [Quaid??]USMC ejected / 1LT R. J. Suter USMC ejected
ARE THESE THE EJECTEES FOR THE 2ND NOVEMBER 1967 ABOVE ??

06th November 1967


USMC

A‑6A  Intruder

151799

VMA(AW)-225        
     
25 November 1967


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152612 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Lost during an attack on Kien An airfield near Haiphong      
LT Col Lewis Herbert Abrams
KIA
vw
1.LT Robert Eugene Holdeman
KIA
 
31 December 1967


USN

A-6A Intruder 152917 VA‑75, USN, USS Kitty Hawk Believed lost to SAM during daylight attack on a storage cave about three miles east of Vinh      
LCDR John Darlington Pearce
KIA
LT Gordon Samuel Perisho
KIA
 
                 
18 January 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152636 VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai failed to return from a night attack on a target near Vinh Yen, 20 miles northwest of Hanoi      
MAJ Hobart McKinley Wallace (KIA) CAPT Patrick Peter Murray (KIA)  
23 January 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 152932 VA‑165, USN, USS Ranger aircraft hit the sea during a low‑level ingress to a target in North Vietnam      
LCDR Gerald Lee Ramsden (KIA) CDR L S Kollmorgen
ejected
(survived)
 
26 January 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 152901 VA‑165, USN, USSRanger mission to bomb Vinh airfield crashed a few miles north of the target      
LCDR Norman Edward Eidsmoe (KIA) LT Michael Edward Dunn (KIA)  
29/30 January 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152588 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Destroyed during attack on base      
no casualties
23rd February 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152631 VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai

collided with a Crusader on a non‑combat flight a few miles out to sea near Da Nang

F-8 pilot CAPT George Lawrence Hubler (KIA)
     
1.LT R V Smith ejected
(survived)
???
ejected
(survived)
 
24 February 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152644 VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai shot down during a night strike on Hoa Lac airfield, 17 miles west of Hanoi  
MAJ Jerry Wendell Marvel ejected (POW) CAPT Lawrence Victor Friese ejected (POW)  
28th February 1968
USN
A‑6A  Intruder 152938, NG 512 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
Flak during night strike on a coastal defence site at Do Son in North Vietnam. Crashed about 20 miles off the coast east of Thanh Hoa off North Vietnam      
LCDR H A Coons KIA LT T Stegman KIA  
1st March 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152944, NG 504 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
shot down or had flown into the sea among the islands south of Cam PhaNorth Vietnam    
LCDR Thomas Edwin Scheurich
MIA
LT JG Richard Clive Lannon
KIA
 
1st March 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152922
check date
VA‑75, USN, USS Kitty Hawk night low‑level strike on a railway yard at Haiphong      
LT Richard Crawford Nelson (KIA)

Remains Returned on 1 July 1984

LT Gilbert Louis Mitchell (KIA)  
12th March 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152943 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
Operational loss following launch      
CDR Glenn Edward Kollman (KIA)
CO of VA‑35
LT John Gary Griffith (KIA)  
17th March 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152940, NG 510 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
AAA during mission againsts a railway yard at Khe Nu North Vietnam Martin-Baker
LCDR Edwin A Shuman II
POW
released on 14 March 1973
LCDR Dale W. Doss
POW
released on 14 March 1973
Martin-Baker

20th March 1968


USN
A‑6A Intruder

152952
NK-

VA-85        
     
14th April 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder            
  LT G. Olsen
ejected
 

18th April 1968


USMC
A‑6A Intruder

151817
WK-

VMA(AW)‑224        
     
1st May 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 151578 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang  Structural failure. Crashed during a strike mission      
CAPT G H Christensend
ejected (survived)
???
ejected
Martin-Baker
2nd May 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 154164 154164 VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai

Shot down. Dawn strike on vehicles five miles northwest of Dong Hoi

   
1.LT Robert Douglas Avery (KIA)
vw
1/LT Thomas D Clem (KIA)  
13th May 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152951, NG 510 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65

low‑level night strike on Vinh airfield.

57mm AAA; North Vietnam
     
 LT B B Bremner
ejected
recovered
LT J T Fardy
ejected
recovered
 

15th May 1968


USMC
A‑6A Intruder

151569
WK-

VMA(AW)‑224        
MAJ D. F. Crowe
ejected
CAPT J. C. Clingerman
ejected
 
24th June 1968
USN
A‑6A Intruder 152949, NG 503 VA‑35
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
AAA over target - a waterway about five miles southwest of Vinh North Vietnam    
LT Nicholas Mallory Carpenter
KIA
LTJG Joseph Scott  Mobley
POW
link
Martin-Baker
  LTJG Joe Mobely – A6, POW at Hanoi Hilton, returned, retired as Vice Admiral  
Although he suffered a broken leg upon shoot down, LT Mobley was tied,
standing, to a pillar, was beaten, interrogated, displayed for public
humiliation, and forced to dodge bricks and bamboo sticks for eight or nine
hours. He was then put into a cell and after waiting many long agonizing
hours for medical attention for his broken leg, he set the bone himself.
Later his captors applied a splint. Months of solitary confinement and
intermittent torture and interrogation sessions continued over the five
years of his imprisonment. He is six foot one and during captivity his
weight dropped to 120 pounds.
Monday 22nd July 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 152903 Whidbey NAS Crashed into Dugualla Bay during landing approach     Martin-Baker
LT John R. Suckow
ejected
LT THomas D. Stuart
ejected
Martin-Baker
                 

25 July 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 154166

"Hellborn 20"

VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai

Hit by 37mm flak about 10 miles northwest of Thon Cam Son while on armed reconnaissance sortie just north of the DMZ

 
MAJ Curtis G Lawson
ejected
(survived)
1LT Paul Gordon Brown
ejected
(POW)

released on 14 March 1973

 
 
Attached picture includes Curtis Lawson, Hellborn 20A, (Second from right) after his rescue on 26 July 1968
 
CSAR Society will be debriefing the rescue mission at our meeting 13-16 May 2007 at Moody AFB.  Sandys, Spads, Mistys and Jolly Greens along with Lawson and Paul Brown are planning to attend.
 
Don Dineen
Spad 13 on this mission.
                 
27 July 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152595 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Damaged on ground during attack on Da Nang Air Base      
     

05th August 1968


USMC

A-6A Intruder

154139

VA-128        
  LT D. W. Cable
ejected
 
20th August 1968


USN

A-6B Intruder 151560  VA‑196
USS Constellation
Lost during launch in the Gulf of Tonkin   pic  
LT W A Neal
ejected
(survived)
LTJG D C Brandenstein
ejected
(survived)
[Later became astronaut
 

27th August 1968


USN
A-6A Intruder

154125

VA-128 Crashed near Anacores, WA      
LCDR Hower
ejected
LTJG L. T. Lockwood
ejected
 
28 August 1968


USN

A-6B Intruder 151561 VA‑85, USN, USS America Probable SAM hit during night‑time Iron Hand mission in the Vinh Son area, 20 miles northwest of Vinh    
LTJG Robert Ray Duncan (KIA)
vw
LTJG Alan Frederick Ashall (KIA)
vw
 
6 September 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 154127 VA‑85, USN, USS America night low‑level attack on targets near the city of Vin    
CDR Kenneth Leon Coskey
ejected
injured leg
(POW)
LCDR R G McKee
ejected
(survived)
 
30 September 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 154149 VA‑196, USN, USS Constellation Probable SAM hit during night armed reconnaissance mission north of Vinh      
LTJG Larry Jack Van Renselaar (KIA) LT Domenick Anthony "Spike" Spinelli (KIA)  
13 October 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 154141 VA‑52, USN, USS Coral Sea  Lost near Song Kanh Can River, 20 miles southeast of Vinh      
CDR Quinlen Roberts Orell (KIA) LT James D Hunt (KIA)  
18 December 1968


USN

A-6A Intruder 154150 VA‑196, USN, USS Constellation Possible premature detonation of own bombs during a daylight Steel Tiger strike on a road just within Laos, about 15 miles southeast of the A Shau Valley      
LTJG John Richards Babcock (KIA) LT Gary Jon Meyer (KIA)  

19/20 December 1968

 


USN

A-6A Intruder  154152  VA‑196
USS Constellation
Wing blown off during a night strike on a truck park on the Trail near Ban Tanook, 20 miles southwest of the A Shau Valley    
LT Michael Lora Bouchard
ejected
(KIA)
vw
LT Robert W Colyar
ejected
(survived
 
                 
16th]anuary 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder 152586 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Believed shot down by ground fire at night in the A Shau Valley border region  
CAPT Edwin James Fickler (KIA)
vw
1.LT Robert John Kuhlman (KIA)
vw
 

12th February 1969


USMC
A-6A Intruder

151594

VMA-224 33 miles from Yuma     Martin-Baker
1st LT W. R. Teglia
ejected
1st LT J. H. Schiek
ejected
Martin-Baker

7th March 1969


USN
A-6A Intruder

152643

VA-35 Mid-air collision Boydton Va.      
LTJG R. P. Wiegand
[also Weigland] ejected
[thru canopy]
survived
LTJG T. P. Lufkin
ejected
[thru canopy]
killed
 

7th March 1969


USN
A-6A Intruder

152897

VA-35      
LTJG J. M. Colestock
ejected
[thru canopy]
killed
??
Did not eject
killed
 
17 March 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder 154160 VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑12, USMC, Chu Lai low‑level night mission near Muang Nong in southern Laos    
1.LT Steven Ray Armistead (KIA)
vw
CAPT Charles Elbert Finney (KIA)
vw
 
3 April 1969
check details


USN

A-6A Intruder 155587 VA-65
USS Kitty Hawk

Engine problem during strike near the Mu Gia Pass in southern Laos

     
LCDR E G Redden
ejected
(survived)
LT J F Ricci
ejected
(survived)
 
USAF SAR helicopters from the 40th ARRS

03rd April 1969


USN
A-6A Intruder

152898

VA-35        
     
19th April 1969
USN
A-6A Intruder 155663 VA-85 Olathe NAS Believed bird strike by prairie chicken. Engine faltered and aircraft flipped over in mud and turned over Olathe, KS      
LT Elfrid M. Stack
OK
LT Kermit Jamison
OK
 
14th May 1969 USMC A-6A Intruder 154155 VA-196
USS Constellation
During airshow practice unplugged from A-3 tanker. Both engine cut in error. Obtained restart and landed OK      

LTJG Steve Richmond

instructed BN to eject
LTJG R. Littke
ejected
400 feet MSL
[thru canopy]
survived
 

29th June 1969

USN A-6A Intruder

154143

VA-52 McChord AFB Crashed near South Tacoma after take off from McChord AFB where it had been performing display at an air show      
???
killed
???
killed
 
Monday 7th July 1979
21:50
USN A-6A Intruder 154153 VA-165 Whidbey Island NAS Aircraft out of control. Ejected over the Cascades. Crashed and burned on Bandera Mountain      
LT Phillip Soucek
[also seen as C. M. Soucek]

ejected
rescued Tuesday an hour later and two miles from where LCDR Herman was found
LCDR Donald R. Herman
ejected
rescued Tuesday on Gardner Mountain
 

Tuesday 19th August 1969
20:50

USN A-6A Intruder

152633
NG-

VA-145 Whidbey Island NAS Crashed on Navy bombing range      
CMDR Richard B. Walls
killed
LT Barry K. Cochrun
killed
 

26th August 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder

151574

VMAT(AW)-202 Near Cherry Point      
1LT R. W. Albright
ejected

[Out of seat Envelope
thru canopy]
1LT R. B. Casey
ejected
[Out of seat Envelope
thru canopy]
 
21st September 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder 155611 VMA(AW)‑225, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang        
MAJ P M Busch
ejected
 sustained serious injuries
(survived)
Rescued by an Army helicopter
1.LT R W Hargrave
ejected
 sustained serious injuries
(survived)
rescued by a Marine Corps helicopter
 

26th September 1969

USN A-6A Intruder

152926

VA-176
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Crashed into water near Guitmo area      
LTJG W. Bovitz
ejected
[thru canopy]
LTJG G. M. Ganson
ejected
[thru canopy]
 
29 September 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder 155696 VMA(AW)‑242, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang Lost during a night‑time armed reconnaissance sortie over southern Laos  
MAJ Luther Albert Lono (KIA) 1.LT Patrick Robert Curran (KIA)
vw
 
15 November 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder 155701 VMA(AW)‑225, MAG‑11, USMC, Da Nang damaged by ground fire. Flew back to within eight miles of air base      
1LT D R Jessen
ejected
(survived)
1.LT R D Tutor
ejected
(survived)
 
?? ?? 1969
USN
A-6A Intruder   VA 145 Crashed on low bombing pass on Boardman Bombing Range      
Pilot CDR Richard "Dick" Walls
No ejection, hit the ground
   
FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS LOSS NEEDED

 

22nd November 1969


USN

A-6A Intruder 155613 VA‑196, USN, USS Ranger Wing failure about 15 miles south of the Ashau Valley in southern Laos.
 
 
 
 
CDR Lloyd W Richards
ejected
(survived)
LTJG Richard Carl Deuter (KIA)
vw
 
FEEDBACK

"We were in 50 degree dive bombing run when wing departed from aircraft due to  AA fire. I ejected at about 600 knots, B/N Dick Deuter did not make it. I hit the ground with panels torn out of parachute, broken neck, ankles and back. Rescued by Jolly Green and flown to Danang for further transport stateside"
Lloyd Richards
in email 14th January 2008

22 November 1969


USN

A-6A Intruder 155607 VA‑196
USS Ranger
night armed reconnaissance mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail  
LCDR Richard F Collins (KIA)
vw
LT Michael Edward Quinn (KIA)
vw
 

19th December 1969


USMC

A-6A Intruder

152646

VMA(AW)-332 Damaged      
     
26th December 1969


USN

A-6A Intruder 152891 VA‑35
USS Coral Sea
configured for a tanker sortie crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin      
LTJG Dustin Cowles Trowbridge
ejected

[Out of seat Envelope
thru canopy]
(KIA)
LTJG Walter Henry Kosky
ejected

[Out of seat Envelope
thru canopy]
(KIA)
vw
 

 

2nd January 1970
USN 
A‑6A Intruder BuNo 152937
NE 507
VA‑196; CVW-2 USS Ranger
CVA-61
 raid on a storage dump near the Mu Gia Pass in southern Laos Martin-Baker
Nicholas George Brooks
Died While Missing
LT Bruce Carlton Fryar  

04th January 1970


USN 
A‑6A Intruder

155639
AC-511

VA-75
USS Saratoga
       
LCDR W. F. Wagner
ejected
LCDR W. R. Westerman
[also seen as W. F. Westerman]
ejected
 

06th February 1970


USN 
A‑6A Intruder

155618
NE-516

VA-196 Lost a wing after AAA hit over Laos near Ban Kapay      
LCDR E. P. Reese
ejected
LTJG D. R. Fraser
ejected
 
Rescued by HH-53

16th February 1970


USN 
A‑6A Intruder

151815

VA-175
USS Franklin D Roosevelt
       
LTJG T. C. Williams
ejected
LTJG J. H. Hickok
ejected
 

28th February 1970


USN 
A‑6A Intruder

155605
NE-505

VA-196
USS Ranger
Caught fire during launch in Gulf of Tonkin      
LT R. R. Wittenberg
ejected
LT H. W. Paul
ejected
 
4th March 1970
USMC
A-6A Intruder 154165

VMFA(AW)-533
Iwakuni

       
1LT W. C. Cooper
ejected
1LT P. Horner
[also seen as Horna]
ejected
 
11th April 1970
also seen as 10th April 1970

USN
A-6A Intruder 155641 VA-75
USS Saratoga
After cat shot     Martin-Baker
 LT B. Bruce
also seen as
[LT B. L. Cook]

ejected
 LTJG O. Harris
ejected
Martin-Baker

DETAILS NEED CLARIFYING

Wednesday 22nd April 1970
USMC
A-6A Intruder 155614 VMA(AW)-533 South Korea during joint US/Korean exercise      
LT Robert Cothran
killed
??
killed
 

Friday 11th or 12th June 1970


USN
A-6A Intruder

156998

Attchd VA-145 Crashed at the Boardman Bombing Range, Northeast Oregon.      
LT James D. Maynard
ejected [confirm]
injured
LTJG William H. Van Stone Jr.
killed
 
21st August 1970
USN
A-6A Intruder 155593 VA-176 Near Petersburg, Virginia      
LT. A. Prydybasz
ejected
LT L. Roberts
ejected
 
Thursday 17th September 1970
USN
A-6 Intruder   Whidbey Island Routine training mission.      
LCDR Warren C. Clark Jr.
killed
LT Dick Littke
killed
 
FEEDBACK

RBS run-in SSE of Spokane, WA. Suspected cause was an un-commanded pitch down due to a failure of a horizontal tail accuator
in email 1st April 2010

20th September 1970
USN
A-6 Intruder            
LT L. Boaz
ejected
LTJG T. Connelly
ejected
 
                 
8th January 1971
USN
A‑6C Intruder 155647
NE 5

VA‑145; USS Ranger
CVA-61

Operational loss, ditched in front of USS Ranger shortly after launch, pilot killed. Gulf of Tonkin off NVN,      
Pilot did not eject
killed
BN LCDR G. Smith
ejected on impact
rescued
Martin-Baker
19th January 1971
USMC
A-6 Intruder 152899   Crashed 2 miles from Cherry Point      
1LT Salewski
ejected
1LT F. J. Gose
ejected
 
25th February 1971
[also seen as 24th]

USN 
A‑6A  Intruder

156994   NE 5

VA‑145
USS Ranger

CVA-61
Operational loss. Crashed shortly after launch from USS Ranger Gulf of Tonkin off NVN,     Martin-Baker
LCDR W. Galbraith ejected and rescued LT D. D. Waters ejected and rescued Martin-Baker

24th March 1971


USN 
A‑6A  Intruder

154138

VA-176        
     
30th March 1971


USN

EA-6B Prowler 156480 NATC Pax R Lost during spin tests LT W. Lawrence ejected    
19th April 1971
USN
 A-6 Intruder 155720 NATC Crashed 1 mile from Pax River      
LT J. R. MacDonald
ejected
LCDR B. Bremner ejected  
28th July 1971
USN
 A-6 Intruder 155640 VA-42 Dare County Target Range      
LT A. T. Nilsen ejected  LCDR G. O'Brian ejected  
12th August 1971
USN 
KA-6 Intruder 152598
NF 517
VA‑115 Caught fire in refuelling equipment, Gulf of Tonkin, NVN      
LT J. S. McMahon ejected LCDR B. S. Wade ejected  
9th October 1971
USN 
KA-6D Intruder 152590 VA-196
USS Enterprise
       
LT C. J. Taylor ejected  LTJG J. A. Dickey ejected  
15th October 1971
USN 
A-6 Intruder 151563 VA-42 Crashed 15 miles from Oceana      
LT J. W.  Adair ejected LT D. C. Wright ejected  
28th October 1971
USN 
A-6 Intruder 157022 VA-52 Boardman Bombing Range      
LT J. M. Perry II ejected LT R. E. Klemm ejected.  
17th November 1971
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158038 VAQ-131       Martin-Baker
CDR J. O. Harmon
left front seat
ejected
LCDR W. A. Martin
right front seat
ejected
Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker
AOAN D.R. Lavean
left rear seat
ejected
LTJG M. A. Allen
right rear seat
ejected
Martin-Baker
30th December 1971
USN
 A‑6A Prowler 155677
NG 506
VA‑165 hit by SAM and aircraft broke up in Gulf of Tonkin nr Hon Nieu island, off Vinh. NVN, pilot killed,     Martin-Baker
LT Commander Frederick L. Holmes
MIA
vw
bio
BN LT Burton rescued by Navy helicopter
Two good chutes observed
                 

07th April 1972


USN
A-6A Intruder

154157

VA-176
USS Roosevelt
       
LT J. A. Kelly
ejected
LTJG H. T. Wurtzbacher
ejected
 
9th April 1972
USMC
A-6A Intruder
BENGAL 505
BuNo 155652
505
VMA(AW)-224
from CVA-43 "USS Coral Sea
Hit by SAM. Laos   Martin-Baker
Major Clyde D. Smith
ejected
rescued four days later
1st Lt Scott Douglas Ketchie
killed
Martin-Baker
13th April 1972
USMC
EA-6A 156979 VMCJ-1
MAG‑15, USMC, Da Nang
Believed shot down during electronic jamming mission in support of a Navy air strike. Lost in North Vietnam   Martin-Baker
Capt. David Leverett Leet
KIA
1st LT John Michael Christensen
KIA
Martin-Baker
 

April 1972 NVN Combat loss VMCJ-1 crew (Leet/Christiansen) not recovered

  156979 Delivered 12/18/68-Combat loss April 1972 VMCJ-1
2nd May 1972
USN 
KA-6D Intruder 152597 VA-115
USS Midway
       
LT R. J. A. Bendel
ejected
LT J. G. Houser
ejected
 
25th May 1972
USMC
EA-6A Intruder 151595
CV-
CPNC-VMCJ-2 Crashed 5 miles from Cherry Point     Martin-Baker
1.LT J. D. Buchanan
ejected
1.LT J. W. Pitz
ejected
Martin-Baker
Saturday 27th May 1972
21:42

USN 
A-6 Intruder 158528 VA-85 Crashed during landing at air station     Martin-Baker GRU-7
LT K. S. Culver
ejected
killed
LT Kern
ejected
Martin-Baker GRU-7
29th May 1972 USMC A-6A Intruder 155650
NL-503
VMA(AW)-224 AAA on approach to target. Flew feet wet ejected Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam     Martin-Baker
LCDR P. Schuyler CAPT L. J. Ferracane Martin-Baker
11th June  1972
USMC
A-6A Intruder 154145
NIL 502
VMA(AW)-224, Coral Sea

nr Nam Dinh, NVN, hit by AAA in the wing root, wing broke off and aircraft dived into a lake.

  Martin-Baker
CAPT Roger Eugene Wilson

[pilot KIA]

bio

William Kerr Angus
POW

bio
Released: March 28, 1973

 
7th July 1972
USMC
A-6A Intruder 155690 VMA(AW)-533, MAG-15
Nam Phong
shot down over South VietnamVS/VN   Martin-Baker
1LT Alan J. Kroboth Capt. Leonard Robertson  
Suffered a broken back and broken neck on ejection. Captured, held for 3 months in the jungle. He then marched barefooted, at night, amidst U.S. bombing raids, along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
POW-LINK
19th July 1972
 
A-6A Intruder 155609 VA-115
USS Midway

 

     
  LT Raymond P. Donnelly
KIA/Body recovered
 
30th July 1972
USN 
A-6B Intruder 151559 VA-196

USS Enterprise

    . Martin-Baker
Lieutenant Commander Richard J. Toft ejected
sustaining injuries requiring extensive treatment
Lieutenant JG John D. Austin, Jr. ejected successfully Martin-Baker

Saturday 5th August 1972


USN 
A-6A Intruder

151571

VA-95
Whidbey NAS
Boardman Bombing Range, Northeast Oregon      
LT Larry S. Wisler
killed
LTJG John S. Pate
killed
 

Wednesday 9th August 1972


USN 
KA-6D Intruder

151580

VA-85 Oceana NAS Crashed on landing and overturned      
LT D. L. Anderson
ejected out of envelope
killed
BN did not eject  
19th / 20th August 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder BuNo 157018, call sign VICEROY 502. VA-52 USS Kitty Hawk low-level strike on a transhipment point at Da Mon Toi, near Cam Pha  
LT Roderick B. Lester
MIA
PFOD
vw
LT Harry S. Mossman
MIA
PFOD
vw
 
6th September 1972
USN
A-6A Intruder 155626
AC 5
VA‑75 hit by 2 SAMs, c10 M SW of Haiphong, NVN near Klan An airfield Martin-Baker
LTJG Roger G. Lerseth (POW)  [LCDR Donald F. Lindland]
MIA
Martin-Baker
 

BUNO 155626 was shot down on 6 Sep 1972 by SA-2s over Kien An Airfield, just south of Haiphong, NVN.  LCDR Don Linland was the pilot and LTJG Roger Lerseth was the B/N.  Both ejected safely and were seen alive on the ground, Roger had significant injures from the ejection, and was captured quickly.  Don never appeared on the POW lists and many years, after the POWs returned, the NVN returned Don's bones to his widow Bobbe Lindland.

17th September 1972
USN
 
A-6A Intruder BuNo 157028  USS America (CVA-66)

On an armed recon mission targeted near Hai Duong, North Vietnam. Lost about eight miles west of Hai Duong

 
CDR Verne G. Donnelly, pilot
Remains returned
LCDR Kenneth R. Buell, B/N
MIA
 
12th October 1972
USMC
A-6A Intruder 155700  Nam Phong Air Base, Thailand
[ the Rose Garden]
 on a night low-level armed reconnaissance mission over southern North Vietnam. Lost about 15 miles
west of Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam
   
CAPT John R. Peacock, pilot 
MIA
 ejected
bio
1LT
William Marshall Price
B/N
MIA
vw
bio
 
24th October 1972
USN
A-6A Intruder 155705 VA-115
USS Midway
Landing gear collapsed during landing on carrier aircraft sliding across deck crashing into parked aircraft      
LTJG Michael S. Bixel    
Tuesday 31st October 1972
USN
KA-6AD Intruder 151808 Cubi Point NAS Crashed into Subic Bay, Philippines during take off      
LT Charles C. Heil Jr.
killed
LT Scott R. Thomas
killed
 
15th November 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder 152615 VA-128
NAS Fallon
       
  LT W. Gouslin ejected  
Tuesday 28th November 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder  155622 VA‑75
USS Saratoga
 Crashed during launch  crashed into Gulf of Tonkin off NVN 80 miles east of Dong Hoi    
Charles M. Earnest
KIA BNR

bio

LCDR Grady L. "Silver Fox" Jackson ejected  
 

BUNO 155622 piloted by CDR Charles M. Earnest, CO of the VA-75 "Sunday Punchers" crashed on takeoff at 0215 28 Nov 1972 from number one catapult on the USS Saratoga.  The PHD (Pilot's Horizontal Display) came out (not bolted in) when cat fired and jammed the stick in the full aft position.  I (LCDR Grady L. Jackson) as the skipper's B/N, along with Charlie, knew immediately that we were in an extremist situation, but the g-forces prevented us from reacting until we cleared the bow.  As soon as the g-forces eased, I looked over and saw CDR Earnest trying to knock the PHD back in with his hand.  However, with the aircraft fully loaded with fuel, and 14 Rockeyes (approximately 500 lbs each),  and the stick full aft the aircraft continued to climb in a very nose high attitude and then I felt the sensation of the aircraft start a hard roll to the starboard.  I quickly threw down my flashlight that I used for night launches and reached up and pulled the face curtain and ejected through the canopy as the aircraft rolled through 45 degrees.  I must have had parachute deployment as the next thing I knew I was in the water and tangled in the lines from my parachute.  HC-7 put in a rescue swimmer and he cut away my parachute and I was picked up in the SH-3 and we looked for another half hour for Skipper Earnest, but I knew he had not ejected.  As a side note CDR Earnest had over 450 missions in Vietnam when he was killed and I spent the remainder of my 30+ year career on active duty getting "Command Ejection" in the A6 aircraft, which did happen, but then the A6 aircraft were retired!

03rd December 1972

   

154155

         
Thursday 21st December 1972
USN
A‑6A Intruder 155594, N K 511 VA‑196
CVW‑9
USS Enterprise
CVAN-65
AAA; North Vietnam  fire, was hit on the left wing and that they were bailing out Martin-Baker
CDR G R Nakagawa
 POW
LT K H Higon
 POW
Martin-Baker
Thursday 21st December 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder BuNo 152946 Attack Squadron 75
USS SARATOGA
Attack on airfield, Haiphong and Kien An Airfield areas. Airborne explosion followed by a fire on the ground  
LCDR Robert S. Graustein
KIA
LCDR Barton S. Wade
KIA
 
  BUNO 152946 piloted by LCDR Robert S. Graustein and B/N LCDR Barton S. Wade were lost on 21 Dec 1972 on a night attack on Kien An Airfield.  
Wednesday 27th December 1972
USMC
A‑6A Intruder 155666  VMA(AW)‑533, MAG‑15, USMC, Nam Phong Night‑time road reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. Thought to have been shot down on the coast near Xuan Noa, 15 miles southeast of Dong Hoi    
CAPT Ralph J. Chipman
MIA
vw
1.LT Ronald Wayne Forrester
MIA
 

28th December 1972
also seen as
30th December 1972


USMC
EA‑6A Intruder

156982

PI VMCJ-2
NAS Cubi Point, Philippines

bleed air failure followed by fire then ejection. Near Cubi Point Philippines
    Martin-Baker
CAPT Hal L. Baker
ejected
MSGT Frederick E. Killebew
ejected
Martin-Baker

 

9th / 10th January 1973
USN
A‑6A Intruder 155693
NF 5
VA-115
USS Midway
Crashed south of Kan Ty during strike mission over N. Vietnam  
LT Michael "Mike" Timothy McCormick (KIA) LTJG Robert Alan Clark
MIA/BNR
 
24th January 1973
USN
A-6A Intruder 157007
AJ 507

    VA‑35
USS America

Hit by either SAM or AAA 6 M N of Ouang Tn. SVN. Gulf of Tonkin 55 M NE of DMZ, NVN,     Martin-Baker
LT S. H. Hatfield ejected safely and rescued by Navy helicopter LT C. M. Graff ejected safely and rescued by Navy helicopter Martin-Baker
Wednesday 28th March 1973
[confirm date]

USN
A-6A Intruder   Whidbey NAS Crashed near Heppner during training at Boardman Bombing Range, Northeast Oregon      
LCDR B. J. Keen
killed
LT William A. Vasina
killed
 
4th May 1973
17:20
Date ???

USN
A-7 Corsair II     Crashed into military barracks at Phnom Penh Pochentong, Cambodia      
Confused reports - that  an A-6 Intruder was also lost
15th May 1973
USN
A-6A Intruder 158789 VA-42 12 miles from Oceana     Martin-Baker
LT R. E. Forster
ejected
ENS M. J. McCamish
ejected
Martin-Baker

30th May 1973


USN
A-6A Intruder

155634

VA-52 Near Whidbey Island      
LT E. Hall
ejected
LTJG M. B. Martella
ejected
 
3rd July 1973
USN
A-6B Intruder 152616 VA-34
USS John F Kennedy
Crashed off carrier     Martin-Baker GRU-5
LCDR G. D. O'Brien LT B. B. Betz Martin-Baker  GRU-5

19th September 1973


USN
A-6 Intruder

155721

VA-128
Whidbey NAS
Crashed during routine training at Boardman Bombing Range mission 85 miles east of Klamath Falls      
LT Alan G. Koehler
ejected out of seat envelope on ground
killed
Phillip D. Duhamel
ejected out of seat envelope on ground
killed
 

22nd October 1973


USMC
 

156980

VMCJ-1?
USS Midway
Collided, above sea, 235 km east of Okinawa Island, Okinawa
Prefecture
     
Eve
not recovered
Moody
not recovered
 

12th November 1973


USN
A-6A Intruder

155603

attached to VA 196 Crashed in Oregon      
LCDR Haywood G.  "Woodie" Sprouse
ejected
LTJG D. J.  Steffen
ejected
Martin Baker GRU-5
                 

 

8th March 1974


USN
A-6 Intruder

157020
NH-505

VA-52
USS Kitty Hawk
Training mission      
LT D. A. Babboni
ejected
LT D. A. Woxland
ejected
 
12th May 1974
USN
KA-6 Intruder tanker 152637 VA-196
CVA-61 "USS Ranger"
refuelling F-4 Phantoms collided with F-4J Phantom II BuNo 158357.
Vietnam
    Martin-Baker
LT
John Adams
navigator- bombardier LT Robert V. McHale [VA-145 "Swordsmen"] Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK
Mike,
 
Very interesting website.  I was onboard USS Ranger for two WestPac cruises in 1973 and 1974.  I remember the accident you cited on 12 May 1974 where the KA-6B collided with an F-4J in my squadron (VF-154).  I am almost 100% sure that accident happened while we were very close to Hawaii, and not Vietnam.  Since we finished with Vietnam the previous year, we never operated around that country during the 1974 cruise.  Another mishap from the 1974 cruise involved two Phantoms and one SH-3 helicopter.  If you are primarily interested in egress systems, this one wouldn't fit in that category.  We were having an "air power demonstration" one afternoon, wherein the F-4s shot Sidewinder missiles at infrared flares dropped by a passing RA-5C.  Unfortunately, one of the missiles was attracted to the plane guard helicopter and shot it down, killing all six onboard.  One of my friends almost went on that helo flight.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jim Bower

in email 28th December 2007

 9th October 1974
USN
KA-D Intruder 151825 VA-75       Martin-Baker
  LT D. L. Boyle ejected  

20th November 1974


USN
A-6A Intruder

156999

VA-95        
     
                 

 

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13th January 1975
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158812
NK-612
VAQ-137
USS Enterprise
Malacca Strait,  Indian Ocean. Crashed into water 15 seconds after launch when it “flamed out.”
2 OK
1 with back injuries
1 killled
LCDR R. Newman   Martin-Baker
LT R. A. Kraft   Martin-Baker
LCDR B. G. Swanson   Martin-Baker