USS_INDEPENDENCE

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
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 and recovered	Lt. Donald "Don" R. Eaton ejected and recovered	Martin-Baker
18th July 1965	USN	A-6A Intruder	151577 AG 500	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
20th July 1965	USN	RA‑5C Vigilante	151619	RVAH‑1 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	Operational loss No. 1 arrester cable snapped, went overboard at low speed and crashed into the sea
						Cdr Valentin George Matula Killed	Lt Carl Eugene Gronquist Killed
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
30th August 1965	USN	C‑1 A	146047	CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	Operational loss	all seven crew members and passengers recovered
13th September 1965	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk II	149999, AG 304	A‑72 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	AAA; North Vietnam	Lt (jg) J R Mossman, KIA
12th September 1965	USN	C‑IA	136784	VR‑21 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	Operational loss	nine crew members and passengers recovered, one killed
17th September 1965	USN	A‑6A Intruder	151588, AG 511	VA‑75 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	AAA; North Vietnam
						Cdr Leonard Freferick Vogt, Jr KIA	Lt Robert Franklin Barber KIA
20th September 1965	USN	A‑4E Skyhawk II	151115, AG 313	VA‑72 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	AAA; North Vietnam	Lt (jg) J R Harris, recovered.		Douglas
22nd September 1965	USN	E‑1B	148918	CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	Operational loss
16th October 1965	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	151615 AG 601	RVAH-1 CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62	AAA, North Vietnam
						Capt. James "Jim" F. Bell ejected (POW)	Lt. Cdr. James L. "Duffy" Hutton ejected (POW)
17th October 1965	US	F-4B Phantom II	151515 AG 205	VF‑84, USN, USS Independence	hit by AAA - Thai Nguyen road bridge, 30 miles due north of Hano North Vietnam i			Martin-Baker
						no strong evidence to show Lt Cdr Stanley Edward Olmstead (KIA)	Lt(jg) Porter Alexander Halyburton (POW)	Martin-Baker
17th October 1965	US	F-4B Phantom II	151494	VF‑84, USN, USS Independence	hit by AAA - North Vietnam			Martin-Baker
						Ens Ralph Ellis Gaither (POW)	Lt(jg) Rodney Allen Knutson (POW badly injured during the ejection suffering fractures to his neck and backbone.- killed two of his attackers before knocked unconscious by bullet that grazed his forehead and nose	Martin-Baker
17th October 1965	US	F-4B Phantom II	150631	VF-41, USN, USS Independence	Struck by anti-aircraft artillery fire as they made a pass on the Thai Nguyen bridge located approximately 38 miles north of Hanoi made an effort to get "feet wet", the aircraft crashed near the town of Quang Lang, approximately 54 miles north of Haiphong and 65 miles northeast of Hanoi			Martin-Baker
						Lt Roderick Lewis Mayer (KIA) Died of Wounds LINK	Lt(jg) David Robert Wheat (POW)	Martin-Baker
26th October 1965 also seen as 25th October 1965	US	F-4B Phantom II	151505	VF‑84, USN, USS Independence	hit by AAA - Attacking radar on the island of Bach Long Vi, 70 miles offshore from Haiphong, North Vietnam			Martin-Baker
						Lt Grover G Erickson (survived) ejected about 10 miles south of the island and recovered a US Navy vessel	Lt(jg) John H Perry (survived) ejected about 10 miles south of the island and recovered by a Seasprite helicopter	Martin-Baker
28th October 1965	US	F-4B Phantom II	150626	VF-41, USN, USS Independence	bombing run on a bridge about 25 miles west of the DMZ when his aircraft was hit by ground fire			Martin-Baker
						Lt Cdr A M Lindsey (survived) ejected at 1,500 feet. recovered by helicopter	Lt(jg) Robert VU Cooper (survived) ejected 3,500 feet recovered by helicopter	Martin-Baker
13th May 1992	USN	F/A-18C Hornet	163712 311/NF	VFA-192 USS Independence CVA-62	crashed into the Indian Ocean after speed decayed during catapult launch from carrier	Lt. S. M. Thompson ejected		Martin-Baker
29th April 1993	USN	F-14A Tomcat		VF-21/ CVW-5 USS Independence	crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 94nm south east of Atsugi NAS, southeatern Japan	Lt. Cdr. §.Alexander
						Lt. K. Henderson
4th June 1996 16:15h	USN	A-6E Intruder		VA-115 operating from USS Independence	Hit by AAA from Japanese Self Defence Force guided missile destroyer JDS Yugiri while acting as target tow	Lt. Cdr. William Royster ejected		Martin-Baker
						WSO Lt. Keith Douglas ejected		Martin-Baker
	USN			CVW‑7 USS Independence CVA-62