USS Kitty Hawk

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
7th June 1964	USN	F‑8D Crusader	147064	VF‑111 CVW‑2 USS Kitty Hawk	AAA, crashed over the Plain of Jars Central Laos	Cdr Doyle Wilmer Lynn, ejected,rescued following day by an Air America helicopter [see also 27 May 1965]	xxxx
2 December 1965	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	152220, NH 412	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	cause unknown; North Vietnam
						Cdr C B Austin KIA	Lt (jg) J B Logan KIA
17th December 1965	USN	A‑4C Skyhawk	148510	VA‑113 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	returning from an armed reconnaissance mission crashed on the carrier's deck	Lt David Wallace Wickham (KIA)
20th December 1965	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	151624 NH 604	RVAH-13 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	cause unknown; North Vietnam
						Lt. Cdr. Guy D. Johnson MIA - ejection not confirmed	Lt. (jg) Lee E. Nordhal KIA - ejection not confirmed
21st December 1965	USN	A‑6A Intruder	151781, NH 801	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	SAM; North Vietnam
						Cdr B J Cartwright KIA	Lt E F Gold MIA
22nd December 1965	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	151632 NH 603	RVAH-13 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA North Vietnam			North American HS-1A Rocket Seat
						Lt. Cdr. M. D. Lukenbach (Sukenbach ??) KIA - ejection not confirmed	Lt. (jg) G. H. Daigle POW
31 January 1966	USN	F‑4B	152233, NH 402	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; Laos
						Lt W F Klumpp, II recovered	Lt (jg) J N Stineman recovered
1 February 1966	USN	A‑1J	142038, NH 513	VA‑115 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; Laos	Lt (jg) B S Eakin, recovered
3rd February 1966	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	151625 NH 605	RVAH-13 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Downed by enemy fire off the NVN coast just south of Cape Bouton North Vietnam			North American HS-1A Rocket Seat
						Lt. G. L. Coffee POW	Lt. (jg) Robert Taft Hanson, Jr, died in captivity
18 February 1966	USN	A‑6A	151797, NH 812	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	cause unknown; North Vietnam
						Lt (jg) J V Murray KIA	Lt (jg) T A Schroeffel KIA
5 March 1966	USN	F‑4B	152224, NH 413	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	hit by target debris; South Vietnam
						LCdr M N Guess recovered	Lt R E Pile recovered
11 March 1966	USN	A‑1J	142071	VA‑115 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered
12 April 1966	USN	A‑3B	142653, ZB 3	VAH‑4 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	MiG; South China Sea	LCdr W A Glasson KIA
						Lt (jg) L M Jordan KIA
						??? KIA
17 April 1966	USN	A‑6A	151794, NH 814	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						LCdr S L Sayers recovered	LCdr C D Hawkins, Jr recovered
17 April 1966	USN	A‑1 H	135398, NH 511	VA‑115 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	cause unknown; North Vietnam	Lt (jg) W L Tromp, died in captivity
17 April 1966	USN	A‑4C	148583	VA‑113 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered
20 April 1966	USN	A‑4C	148512, NH 314	VA‑113 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam	Cdr J Abbott, died in captivity
20 April 1966	USN	A‑4C	149495, NH 303	VA‑113 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam	Lt (jg) H G Welch, recovered
21 April 1966	USN	A‑6A	151798, NH 805	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						Cdr J E Keller KIA	LCdr E E Austin KIA
22 April 1966	USN	A‑6A	151785, NH 805)	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						LCdr R F Weimorts KIA	Lt (jg) W B Nickerson KIA
26 April 1966	USN	F‑4B	152255, NH 414	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	hit by target debris; North Vietnam
						Lt (jg) W W Smith recovered	Lt (jg) R Blake recovered
27 April 1966	USN	A‑6A	151788, NH 811	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						Lt W R Westerman recovered	Lt (jg) B E Weston recovered
28 April 1966	USN	F‑4G	150645, NH 111	VF‑213 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						Lt R A Schiltz	Lt (jg) D C Lewis
15 May 1966	USN	A‑6A	151800	VA‑85 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						recovered	recovered
18 May 1966	USN	F‑4B	152257, NH 113	VF‑213 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; Laos
						LCdr C N Sommers II	LCdr W K Sullivan
19 May 1966	USN	A‑1J	142051	VA‑115 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered

19th October 1966	USN	F-4 Phantom II		VF-114 "Aardvarks" CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Hit by A-4 following KA-3 refueling - port wing sliced off. A-4 pilot ejected			Martin-Baker
						Lt. H. Dennis "Denny" Wisely	Lt. Gary L. Anderson
21st December 1966	USN	A-4C Skyhawk	148507 NH 303	VA-144, CVW11, Kitty Hawk	Combat loss North Vietnam	Dan Glenn		Douglas
19 January 1967	USN	F‑4B	153029	VF‑114	Operational losses
						crew member killed	crew member killed
19th January 1967	USN	A-6A Intruder	151590 NH 510	VA-85, Kitty Hawk	AAA North Vietnam
						Cdr Allen C. Brady POW	Lt. Cdr. Wm. Yarbrough (NR) KIA	Martin-Baker
20 January 1967	USN	A‑4C	145144 NH 415	VA‑112	cause unknown; North Vietnam	Lt (jg) J F Hogan, MIA
4 February 1967	USN	F‑4B	153007 NH 102	VF‑213	AAA; North Vietnam
						Lt D E Thompson, MIA	Lt A P Collamore, KIA
8 March 1967	USN	A‑3B	144627 ZB 5	VAH‑4	North Vietnam	LCdr C O Crain KIA
						Lt (jg) G F Pawlish KIA
						??? KIA
9 March 1967	USN	RA‑5C	151627 NH 605	RVAH‑13	AAA; North Vietnam
						Cdr C L Putnam, POW	Lt (jg) F S Prendergast, recovered
24 March 1967	USN	A‑6A	151587 NH 511	VA‑85	AAA; North Vietnam
						LCdr J C Ellison KIA	Lt (jg) J E Plowman KIA
27 March 1967	USN	A‑4C	148519, NH 415	VA‑112	North Vietnam	Lt A J Palenscar, KIA
6 April 1967	USN	F‑4B	152990	VF‑114	Operational losses
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
24th April 1967		photo by Gary Anderson						Martin-Baker
	USN	F-4 Phantom II Linfield 210		VF-114 "Aardvarks" CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA North Vietnam	Lt. Cdr. C. Southwick ejected, recovered see 14th may	ENS James "Jim" W. Laing ejected, recovered
24 April 1967	USN	A‑6A	152589 NH 512	VA‑85	AAA North Vietnam
						Lt (jg) L I Williams, Jr, ejected, recovered	Lt (jg) M D Christian ejected, recovered
8th May 1967 17:29	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	152997	VF‑114	Operational loss. Night catapult launch. Engine failure as it went off the catapult
						LTJG L. M. Tuft, ejected, recovered	LTJG Thomas Jack Steimer ejected, killed


14th May 1967	USN	F-4B Phantom II	153001 NH 201	VF-114 "Aardvarks" CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	own Zuni rockets; North Vietnam			Martin-Baker
						Lt. Cdr. C. E. Southwick POW	Lt. D. J. Rollins POW
19th May 1967	USN	F-4B Phantom II	153004 NH 204	VF-114, Kitty hawk	SAM; North Vietnam			Martin-Baker
						Capt J. Charles Plumb	LCdr Gareth Laverne Anderson	Martin-Baker
19th May 1967	USN	RA-5C		RVAH-13, CVW-11, USS KITTY HAWK	AAA; North Vietnam. Over-the-beach mission in the Haiphong/Hanoi area. While overhead Hanoi the aircraft was hit by enemy fire and both crewmen ejected. A radio broadcast from Hanoi announced that both men had been captured
						Lt. Cdr. James Lloyd Griffin POW Died in Captivity	Recon Attack Navigator (RAN) Jack Walters POW Died in Captivity
21st May 1967	USN	F-4 Phantom II		VF-114 "Aardvarks" CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63				Martin-Baker
						Lt. H. Dennis "Denny" Wisely	ENS James "Jim" W. Laing
27 December 1967	USN	F‑4B	153005, NH 205	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	North Vietnam
						LCdr L M Lee MIA	Lt (jg) R B Innes MIA
31 December 1967	USN	A‑6A	152917, NH 501	VA‑75 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	SAM; North Vietnam
						LCdr J D Peace MIA	Lt G S Perisho MIA
3rd January 1968	USN	A-4C Skyhawk	148486 NH 405	VA‑112 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	SAM; North Vietnam	Lt. Cdr. Edward Dale Estes POW
5th January 1968	USN	A-4E	152074 NH 304	VA-144 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA: North Vietnam	Cdr. Robert James Schweitzer POW
10 January 1968	USN	F‑4B	153063	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						recovered	recovered
16 January 1968	USN	C‑1A	146054	CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	seven crew members and passengers recovered three killed
18 January 1968	USN	F‑4B	153055	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member killed	crew member killed
29 January 1968	USN	A‑4E	151055	VA‑144 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered
6 March 1968	USN	A‑6A	152922 NH 511	VA-75 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	North Vietnam
						Lt R C Nelson, MIA	Lt G L Mitchell, KIA
13 March 1968	USN	A‑4E	152088 NH 300	VA‑144 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; Laos	Lt R E Curtis, recovered
15 April 1968	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	153002	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
15 April 1968	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	153043	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
20 April 1968	USN	F‑4B Phantom II	153003	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
27 April 1968	USN	A‑4E	151070, NH 303	VA‑144 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam	LCdr R Saavedra, KIA
18th May 1968	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	149283 NH 606	RVAH-11 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	AAA; North Vietnam
						Capt Charlie N. James	Vincent Monroe
14th February 1969	USN	A‑7A	153181, NH 412	VA‑105 Gunslingers CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss gunfire; Laos	Lt (jg) William Clinton Niedecken KIA
13 March 1969	USN	F‑4B	153018	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
3 April 1969	USN	A‑6A	155587, N H 507	VA‑65 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; Laos
						LCdr E G Redden recovered	Lt J F Ricci recovered
28 April 1969	USN	A‑7A	153164	VA‑37 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	crew member recovered
2 May 1969	USN	A‑7A	153180, NH 413	VA‑105 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; Laos	LCdr W J O'Connor, recovered
3 July 1969	USN	F‑4B	153015	VF‑213 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss
						crew member recovered	crew member recovered
1 August 1969	USN	A‑7A	153185	VA‑37 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot killed
27 February 1971	USN	A‑7E	157458	VA‑195 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered
6 March 1972	USN	A‑7E	158655	VA‑195 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot killed
19 March 1972	USN	A‑7E	157529	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot recovered
23 March 1972	USN	A‑7E	157520	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Operational loss	pilot killed
23 March 1972	USN	A‑7E	157520, NH 307	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss Laos	Lt D S Pike, MIA
6 April 1972	USN	A‑7E	158006, NH 415	VA‑195 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss SAM; North Vietnam	Cdr M C Gilfry, recovered
14 April 1972	USN	F‑4J	157252, NH 203	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; South Vietnam
						Lt J G Greenleaf KIA	Lt C McKinney KIA
7th May 1972	USN	RA-5C Vigilante	151618 NH 604	RVAH-7 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat lossAAA North Vietnam			North American HS-1A Rocket Seat
						Mr. Joseph E. Kernan POW	Capt C. Ronald Polfer POW	North American HS-1A Rocket Seat
17 June 1972	USN	A‑7E	157531, NH 304	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss SAM; North Vietnam	Cdr D D Owens, recovered
18 June 1972	USN	F‑4J	157273, NH 107	VF‑213 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; North Vietnam
						LCdr R Cash, Jr ejected, recovered	Lt R J Laib ejected, recovered
16 August 1972	USN	F‑4J	157262, NH 211	VF‑114 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss SAM; North Vietnam
						Cdr J R Pitzen MIA	Lt O J Pender, Jr MIA
19 August 1972	USN	A‑6A	157018, NH 502	VA‑52 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss North Vietnam
						Lt R B Lester, MIA	Lt H S Mossman, KIA
19 September 1972	USN	A‑7E	158653, NH 304	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; North Vietnam	Lt W A Robb, recovered
2 November 1972	USN	A‑7E	157530, NH 300	VA‑192 CVW‑11 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63	Combat loss AAA; North Vietnam	Lt R G Deremer, recovered
7th September 1981	USN	F-14 Tomcat	160677 NL106	VF-51 USS Kitty Hawk	Lost over the side of the carrier whn an A-7E collided with it during landing			Martin-Baker
						Lt. W. R. Mnich ejected	LTC. E. Nangle ejected	Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK	"I'd like to add a pertinent fact to one of the listed ejections on your site, that of an F-14 (Bu.# 160677) from VF-51, while embarked aboard USS Kitty Hawk on 7 September, 1981. While the pilot and RIO did, indeed, eject safely from the aircraft, another squadron member, AE2 Garrell Powers was killed by debris, blown by the exhaust. It is an incident which, if I live to be 150 years old, I will never forget . . ." M. V. Dickson in email 21st February 2008

11th July 1994	USN	F-14A Tomcat	162602 NIL 102	VF‑51 USS Kitty Hawk	crashed on flight deck during night landing in Sea of Japan			Martin-Baker
						Lt. Cdr. D. Jennings ejected, injured	Lt. R. Arnold ejected, injured	Martin-Baker
18th November 1994	USN	F/A‑18A Hornet	162827 N‑I	VFA‑97 USS Kitty Hawk	lost thrust upon launch and crashed into the sea	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
Wednesday, 1st April 2003	USN					Pilot "Vinny," ejected safely	"Gordo" ejected safely with only scrapes on his wrists	Martin-Baker NACES
		F-14A Tomcat	158620 NF-104	VF-154 USS Kitty Hawk CV 63	Engine failure, not hostile fire. Tomcat suffered a mechanical failure crashed in southern Iraq			Martin-Baker NACES
Thursday, 2nd April 2003 3:45 p.m. EST	USN	F/A-18 Hornet	164974 NF-405	VFA 195 based in Atsugi, Japan deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)	Operation Iraqi Freedom - hit by two U.S. Patriot Missiles in a "friendly fire" accident in the area near Kerbala, Iraq	Lt. Nathan Dennis White ejected but found dead on ground on Saturday		Martin-Baker
29th January 2005 6:30 p.m., Japan Standard Time	USN	F/A-18F		(VFA) 102 USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Atsugi, Japan	in an accident on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, approximately 100 miles southeast of Yokosuka, Japan	Pilot, Lt. j.g. Jon Vanbragt	Lt. Cmdr. Markus Gudmundsson	Martin-Baker NACES
Monday night 30th July 2007	USN	F/A-18C Hornet		Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Air Wing 5	Crashed at sea during a night training mission, about 400 miles southeast of Guam	Pilot Lt. Chris Williams ejected safely and recovered by USN helo		Martin-Baker NACES

REQUEST	Ron R. Goehring is trying to find out details about USS Kitty Hawk crew member BTFN George W. Graves III Nashville, TN who died on 20th February 1968 [South China Sea] If anyone can help Ron either contact him direct at ron.goehring@gmail.com or via this site mbenshar@aol.com