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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	A 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

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