Aircraft by type

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

WORK IN PROGRESS

                 

19th March 1963


US
A-6A Intruder

149476

  Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker

21st May 1964


US
A-6A Intruder

149958

        Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker

28th August 1964


US
A-6A Intruder

149938

        Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker
   
   
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) 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
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
 
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
 

 

28th January 1966


USN
A-6A Intruder

151567

        Martin-Baker
    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
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 VA-85
USS Kitty Hawk
  pic   Martin-Baker
LT William R Westerman
wounded shoulder by bullet, ejected near
the mouth of the Song Ca River,north of Vinh, rescued by same helo as Westin
LTJG Brian E 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
25th June 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151816 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

        Martin-Baker
    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

10th November 1966


USN
A-6A Intruder

149483

        Martin-Baker
    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
 
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
 

05th September 1967

   

152613

         
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
 
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
 

06th November 1967

   

151799

         
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 (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
23 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 (survived) ???(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 PICTURE NEEDED  
MAJ Jerry Wendell Marvel (POW) CAPT Lawrence Victor Friese (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
AAAduring 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

   

152952

         

18th April 1968

   

151817

         

30th April 1968

   

151578

         
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

   

151569

         
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 M Carpenter
KIA
LTJG Joseph Scott  Mobley
POW
link
Martin-Baker
  LTJG Joe Mobely – A6, POW at Hanoi Hilton, returned, retired as Vice Admiral  

22nd July 1968

   

152903

         

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

   

154139

         
20th August 1968


USN

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

27th August 1968

   

154125

         
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

   

151594

         

07th March 1969

   

152643

         

07th March 1969

   

152897

         
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


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

   

152898

         

19th April 1969

   

155663

         

29th June 1969

   

154143

         

07th July 1969

   

154153

         

19th August 1969

   

152633

         

26th August 1969

   

151574

         
21 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

   

152926

         
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      
1.LT 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 (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

   

152646

         
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 (KIA) LTJG Walter Henry Kosky (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

   

155639

         

06th February 1970

   

155618

         

16th February 1970

   

151815

         

28th February 1970

   

155605

         

10th April 1970

   

155641

         

22nd April 1970

   

155614

         

11th June 1970

   

156998

         
29th December 1970 USMC EA-6 A Intruder   VMCJ-2
NAS Cubi Point, Philippines
      Martin-Baker
CAPT H. L. Baker MSGT F. E. Killebrew  Martin-Baker

 

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 killed BN LCDR G.Smith rescued Martin-Baker
24th February 1971
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

   

154138

         
30th March 1971


USN

EA-6B Prowler 156480 NATC Pax R   LT W. Lawrence ejected    
19th April 1971
USN
 A-6 Intruder            
LT J. R. MacDonald LCDR B. Bremner ejected  
28th July 1971
USN
 A-6 Intruder 155640          
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 LCDR B. S. Wade ejected  
9th October 1971
USN 
A-6 Intruder 152590          
LT C. J. Taylor  LTJG J. A. Dickey  
15th October 1971
USN 
A-6 Intruder 151563          
LT J. W. Adair LT D. C. Wright ejected  
28th October 1971
USN 
A-6 Intruder 157022          
LT J. M. Perry II LT R. E. Klemm ejected.  
17th November 1971
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158038 VAQ-131   LTJG M. A. Allen   Martin-Baker
AOAN D.R. Lavean   Martin-Baker
CDR J. OHarmon   Martin-Baker
LCDR W. A. Martin   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

   

154157

         
9th April 1972
USMC
A-6A Intruder
BENGAL 505
BuNo 155652
505
VMA(AW)-224
from CVA-43 "USS Coral Sea
Hit by SAM. Laod Major Clyde D. Smith   Martin-Baker
  USMC A-6A Intruder BuNo 155652 side number 505, callsign BENGAL 505 of VMA(AW)-224
from CVA-43 "USS Coral Sea" flown into Laos by pilot MAJor Clyde D. Smith on a mission
against the Ho Chi Minh Trail as part of build up to Operation "Linebacker". Hit by SAM. The
bombardier-navigator was killed and Smith ejected. His parachute was seen by the North
Vietnamese who expected to capture him. Anticipating the rescue the N.V. moved in. When initial
attempts at rescue failed they tried to lure in other US aircraft. Smith rescued four days after
ejection.
 
25th May 1972 USMC A-6 Intruder 151595         Martin-Baker
1.LT J. D. Buchanan 1.LT J. W. Pitz Martin-Baker
27th May 1972
USN 
A-6 Intruder       LT Kern ejected   Martin-Baker
29th May 1972 USMC A-6 Intruder 155650   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-6 Intruder 151559 VA-19

USS Enterprise

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

05th August 1972

   

151571

         

09th August 1972

   

151580

         

19th August 1972

   

157018

         
19th / 20th August 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder BuNo 157018, call sign VICEROY 502. 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, or Klan An airfield hit by 2 SAMs, c10 M SW of Haiphong, NVN Martin-Baker
LTJG Roger G. Lerseth (POW)  [LCDR Donald F. Lindland]
MIA
Martin-Baker
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
USN
A-6 Intruder 155700   about 15 miles
west of Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam
   
CAPT John R. Peacock, pilot 
MIA
???? ejected
bio
1LT
William M. Price
B/N
MIA
??? FATE ???
vw
bio
 
24th October 1972
USN
A-6 Intruder 155705 VA-115
USS Midway
       
LTJG Michael S. Bixel    

31st October 1972

   

151808

         
15th November 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder 152615     LT W. Gouslin ejected    
27th / 28th November 1972
USN 
A-6A Intruder  155622 VA‑75
USS Saratoga
 crashed during launch  crashed into Gulf of Tonkin off NVN    
Charles M. Earnest
KIA BNR

bio

LCDR G. L. Jackson ejected  

03rd December 1972

   

154155

         
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
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
 
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 W. Forrester
MIA
 

28th December 1972

   

156982

         
                 
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
15th May 1973
USN
A-6 Intruder           Martin-Baker
LT R. E. Forster ENS M. J. McCamish Martin-Baker

30th May 1973

   

155634

         
3rd July 1973
USN
A-6 Intruder 152616         Martin-Baker
LCDR G. D. O'Brien LT B. B. Betz Martin-Baker
 
Just had a chance to check out your site. I have some feedback for you concerning my ejection on November 12, 1973.
I'm Haywood G. Sprouse (AKA H.G. "Woodie" Sprouse) and I was the pilot of A6A Buno 155603 attached to VA 196  when I had the opportunity to sample the Martin Baker GRU 5 'wizbang.'

 

19th September 1973

   

155721

         

22nd October 1973

   

156980

         

12th November 1973

   

155603

         
                 
                 

08th March 1974

   

157020

         
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
A-6 Intruder       LT D. L. Boyle ejected   Martin-Baker

20th November 1974

   

156999

         
                 
                 
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
 Lieutenant Jack L. Pedersen perished in the mishap    
14th April 1975
USN
A-6 Intruder 155601         Martin-Baker
LCDR D. Wright ejected LT J. Miller ejected Martin-Baker
21st April 1975
USN
A-6E Intruder 158058/AD-504
also seen as 158048
VA42       Martin-Baker
LT E. G. Marits LTJG M. H. Paul ejected Martin-Baker
25th April 1975
USN
A-6 Intruder 152640     LTJG B. Kociemba ejected   Martin-Baker
10th May 1975
USN
KA-6D Intruder 152892/..-533 VA-34       Martin-Baker
LT R. R. Ayres ejected LTJG R. D. Treanor ejected Martin-Baker
25th June 1975


USN

EA-6B Prowler 158814
AA-611
VAQ134        

25th June 1975

   

152918

         
29th June 1975
USN
EA-6B Prowler ???     LT W. B. Bierbower ejected   Martin-Baker
LTJG L. T. Hunt ejected   Martin-Baker
LCDR J. R. Capute ejected   Martin-Baker
LTJG R. W.
McConchie
ejected
  Martin-Baker
20th August 1975
USN
KA-6D Intruder 151824/NE-523 VA-115        

23rd August 1975

   

149948

         
                 
                 

31st March 1976

   

158044

         

06th June 1976

   

159577

         
11th August 1976


USN

EA-6B Prowler 158545
NJ-945
VAQ129        
20th August1975
USN
A-6 Intruder       LT G. T. Wyckoff ejected   Martin-Baker
11th August 1976
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158545 NJ 945 VAO‑129 engine caught fire on take‑off near NAS Whidbey Island, WA, USA LT D. E. Foster   Martin-Baker
CDR J. F. Smith   Martin-Baker
LTJG W. Rodman   Martin-Baker
30th August 1976
USN
A‑6E Intruder 152593
XE20
VX‑5 A‑7 struck A‑6 from below during night approach near NWC China Lake, CA, USA     Martin-Baker
LCDR R. A. Bankson LCDR D. A. Erskine Martin-Baker
22nd September 1976
USN
A-6 Intruder           Martin-Baker
LT G. F. Decker ejected LT J. G. Major Martin-Baker
28th October 1976
USMC
A-6A Intruder 154130/KD-00 VMAT(AW)2   1.LT G. W. Luck ejected   Martin-Baker

06th November 1976

   

158534

         
24th November 1976
USMC
A-6 Intruder 155631         Martin-Baker
1.LT S. J. Misiuk ejected 1.LT A. Kowalski ejected Martin-Baker
                 

21st January 1977

   

155617

         
7th April 1977
USN
A-6A Intruder 155671   NWEF       Martin-Baker
LCDR G. P. Stone LT T. L. Thorson Martin-Baker
16th August 1977
USN
A-6 Intruder 158049     LTJG M. L. Clark ejected   Martin-Baker
11th November 1977


USN

EA-6B Prowler 158809
AE-702
VAQ137
USS America
 Aegean Sea, Greece LT F. C. Philipsen   Martin-Baker
    Martin-Baker
LCDR J. Kennedy LTJG T. C. Gardner Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK

"Regarding the loss of Ea-6B BUNO 158809 on 11 Nov 1977, the reason for the loss is incorrect.  The reason was a double flameout as the pilot pulled the throttles back in the overhead pattern in preparation for landing.  The accident board determined that both throttles were pulled back to the “idle cut off” position.  A failure of the RAT (ram air turbine) prevented obtaining the required electrical power to re-start either engine.  Ejection was at very low altitude and the only injury was two compressed vertebra to my upper back.  Trust me, I was there."
CAPT James C. Kennedy, USN Ret.
in email 14th January 2008
entry amended

7th December 1977
USN 
KA-6D Intruder 151795
NF 522

VA-115
USS Midway
Ramp Strike, Pilot and BN both picked up in heavy seas, survived without injury     Martin-Baker
LT E. D. Turner LT R. Burbrink Martin-Baker

Further information and amendments provided by John J. McHugh,  CAPT USN (ret)  in email 25th November 2008

18th January 1978
USN
KA‑6D Intruder 151791
AC
    VA‑75
USS SaratogA
San Francisco Bay, CA, USA, on approach to NAB Alameda     Martin-Baker
AT-1 J. Hansen LCDR Moore Martin-Baker
2nd February 1978
USMC
A-6E Intruder 154151/WK-10 VMA224   CAPT R. E. Braithwaite   Martin-Baker
22nd February 1978
USN 
KA-6D Intruder 149945          
1st March 1978
USN 
KA-6D Intruder            
29th April 1978
USN
A-6E Intruder 158047/AA-5 VA85     Martin-Baker
LTJG R. N. Cassano ejected LCDR D. P. Ohnemus Martin-Baker
20th July 1978
USN 
A-6E Intruder 155692          
30th July 1978
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158803
AB-613
VAQ133   LCDR D. E. Church   Martin-Baker
LTJG J. W. Knight   Martin-Baker
LT C. R. Sharrat   Martin-Baker
19th September 1978
USN
A-6E Intruder 155645
NK-
USS Enterprise Caught fire in mid‑air. Crashed off the USS Enterprise     Martin-Baker
LT W. Powelson Ens. V. Henley Martin-Baker
28th September 1978
USN  
EA-6B Prowler  158817
NE
VAQ137   LCDR W.LWaterman   Martin-Baker
10th October 1978
USN 
A-6E Intruder 159313          
16th November 1978
USMC
A-6E Intruder 152947 VMA(AW)332        
                 
22nd February 1979
USN 
KA-6D Intruder   151582   VA85        
16th March 1979
USN 
A-6E   157012   VA35        
17th May 1979
USN 
A-6E Intruder   160421            
29th August 1979
USN 
A-6E Intruder 160428   Oceana        
30th August 1979
USN 
A-6E Intruder  160428/AB-500   VA-34        
28th November 1979


USN

EA-6B Prowler 158541
NL-626

Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135
       

06th December 1979

   

157011

         

12th December 1979

   

151566

         
16th / 17th December 1979
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158037
AJ-612
VAQ134   LT P. B. Holtzbaur ejected   Martin-Baker
LTJG R. Handricks ejected   Martin-Baker
LTJG J. Mackins ejected   Martin-Baker
??? FATE or were only three on board    
29th December 1979
USN
KA-6D Intruder 152632/NL-521 VA-52        
                 

08th January 1980

   

158050

         
8th January 1980
USN
A-6E Intruder 160426
NK 510
VA‑196
USS Coral Sea
Aircraft lost during catapuLT launch      Martin-Baker GRU
LTJG D. Butler ejected. LTJG F. Giblin ejected
14th January 1980
USN
A-6E Intruder 152929          Martin-Baker
LT B. T. Stuckert ejected LTJG M. J. Himer ejected  Martin-Baker
8th February 1980
USN
A-6E Intruder 155675 Whidbey Is        
26th February 1980


USN

EA-6B Prowler 158031
NJ-910
VAQ129        
20th May 1980
USN
EA-6B Prowler 158799
NE
VAQ137   LTJG D. T. Hanaoka ejected   Martin-Baker
LCDR D. A. Larsen ejected    Martin-Baker
LT L. J. Stack ejected    Martin-Baker
23rd July 1980
USN
A-6 Intruder 155624
NG-5???
VA-165        Martin-Baker
LT F. C. Cook ejected LT J. E. Nortz ejected  Martin-Baker
2nd October 1980
USN
A‑6E Intruder 159185 NF 512 VA‑115
USS Midway
Lost control following single‑engined wave‑off. Crashed into Pacific     Martin-Baker
LT W. E. McCole ejected LTJG M. D. Anderson ejected Martin-Baker
5th November 1980
USN
KA‑6D Intruder 151821
NE 520
VA‑145 Lost control during post‑maintenance test flight near NAS Whidbey Island WA, USA      Martin-Baker
LCDR R. T. Knowles ejected LT J. A. Wieringa ejected  Martin-Baker