USS_Franklin_D_Roosevelt

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
21st August 1961	USN	Vought F8A Crusader	145357	VF-11 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt	arrestor hook broke during heavy landing and aircraft went over side	pilot ejected safely	FURTHER DETAILS APPRECIATED	Vought or Martin-Baker ?????
31st July 1966	USN	A‑4C Skyhawk	147677	VA-172 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	Operational loss	pilot recovered		Douglas
21st August 1966	USN	A-4E Skyhawk	151109 AB 505	VA-72 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	AAA; North Vietnam	Lt. (jg) Frederick R. Purrington ejected and recovered. [see also 20th October 1966]		Douglas
21st August 1966	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk	151109	VA‑72 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	Hit by ground fire during an armed reconnaissance mission - five miles southwest of Thanh Hoa - other more likely cause hydraulics failure caused by ingestion of own ordnance debris	Lt Allan Russell Carpenter ejected over the Gulf of Tonkin and was picked up by a Navy helicopter [see also 1st November 1966 when he was shot down near Haiphong became a POW]
22nd August 1966	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk	149992 AB 510	VA-72 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	own rockets; North Vietnam	Lt K G Craig ejected and recovered		Douglas
6th September 1966	USN	RF‑8G Crusader	144624	VFP‑62 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	Photo recon mission over North Vietnam. Crashed about 20 miles east of the city of Thanh Hoa Province, North Vietnam. The aircraft impacted the water and sank, taking its pilot with it	pilot Lt. (jg) Norman Lee Bundy killed
10th September 1966	USN	EA‑1F	132543	VAW‑13 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	no ejection seats fitted Operational loss	recovered
						recovered
						recovered
						recovered
5th October 1966	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	152328	VF‑32 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	Operational loss	Lt. JG J. J. Cunningham ejected and recovered		Martin-Baker
5th October 1966	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	152328	VF‑32 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	Operational loss	Lt. Cdr. R. A. Fyles ejected and recovered		Martin-Baker
20th October 1966	USN	A-4C Skyhawk	147775 AB 302	VA-172 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	AAA; North Vietnam	Lt. (jg) Frederick R. Purrington ejected and POW [see also 21 August 1966]		Douglas
1st November 1966	USN	A-4E Skyhawk	151138	VA-72 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	VN	Cdr Allan R. Carpenter ejected and POW		Douglas
3rd November 1966	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	151018 AB-109	VF‑14	Operational loss. Ran out fuel	Lt. E. J. Ducharme		Martin-Baker
3rd November 1966	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	151018 AB-109	VF‑14	Operational loss. Ran out fuel	Lt. W. A. Wood		Martin-Baker
12th November 1966	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk	150048	VA‑12	In collision with with A‑4E Skyhawk 155051 during a section approach to the ship	no ejection Cdr. Robert Clarence Frosio - body not recovered
12th November 1966	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk	155051	VA‑12	In collision with with A‑4E Skyhawk 150048 during a section approach to the ship	no ejection Lt. (jg) James Grady Jones - body not recovered
2nd December 1966	USN	A‑4C Skyhawk	145116 AB 304	VA-172 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	SAM, North Vietnam	Ensign Paul L. Worrell MIA (wingman to Cdr.Nystrom see next entry) POW/MIA Link
2nd December 1966	USN	A‑4C Skyhawk	145143 AB 300	VA-172 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	SAM, North Vietnam	Cdr Bruce August Nystrom MIA POW/MIA Link
14th December 1966	USN	E‑1 B	147218	Carrier Air Early Warning Squadron 12 (VAW‑12),Detachment 42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42	no ejection seats fitted Operational loss. Engine failure. Ditched in South China Sea	recovered
						recovered
						Lt. Cdr. Edwin Lee Koenig killed
						Lt. (jg) Richard Lynn Mowrey killed
						Lt. (jg) Gerald A. Holman killed
14th December 1966	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk	151068 AB 513	VA-172 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 Air Wing CVW‑1	SAM, North Vietnam	Lt Claude David Wilson Jr. KIA POW/MIA Link