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   January  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
 4th January 1964
USAF
NRB‑57D 63‑3973 Wright ADC, nr Dayton, OH, USA both wings broke off in flight pilot ejected safely    
6th January 1964
Indian Navy
Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt D K Yadav   Martin-Baker
10th January 1964
USA
Mohawk       Lt. M. Freitag   Martin-Baker
2nd Lt. Dao Dac Dao   Martin-Baker
Monday13th January 1964
USAF
B-52D 55‑0060 484 BW
Strategic Air Command
Excessive turbulence resulted in structural failure.
Cumberland,
northwestern Maryland
LINK
Maj. Thomas W.  McCormick [pilot] ejected - survived - found Monday    
Capt. Parker C. Peedin
[co-pilot] ejected -survived - found Tuesday
   
??? found dead - possible ejection or bail-out    
??? found dead - possible ejection or bail-out    
Melvin Wooten
[tail gunner]  - possible ejection or bail-out - fate ???
   
 16th January 1964
USAF
F‑104A 56‑0830 319th FIS engine failure, crashed in sea off Homestead AFB, FL, USA pilot ejected safely    
 22nd January 1964
USAF
F‑104B 57‑1306 319th FIS engine failure, on beach nr Coronado Motel, nr Eglin AFB, FL, USA pilot ejected safely    
 22nd January 1964
USAF
 F‑105D 60‑0520 49th TFW engine exploded,, 40 M W of Wheelus AB, Libya pilot ejected safely    
 24th January 1964
USAF
F‑102A 54‑1404 496th FIS engine flamed out at 35,000 ft during  practice intercept, 50 NM NNE of Hahn AB, West Germany pilot ejected safely    
24th January 1964
RN
Buccaneer
S.Mk.1
XN966'
226/LM'
809 NAS
RNAS Lossiemouth
Engine flame-out on final approach. Crashed on to runway     Martin-Baker
Lt. A J. .Goodenough ejected, injured Lt. M. J. Howitt ejected, injured Martin-Baker
28th January 1964
RN
Scimitar F1 XD249 R/111 800 Sqn
Ferrying from Yeovilton
Hydraulic leak. Crashed into the Moray Firth off Lossiemouth, Morayshire Lt. P. E. H. Banfield ejected, injured, picked up by SAR Helicopter Martin-Baker 4C
29th January 1964
USAM
F-4B Phantom II 150433 MCAS El Toro, emergency landing, lost control on approach, 6 M from MCAS El Toro, CA, USA, 1st Lt's R. M. Pennell   Martin-Baker
K. F. Grennan ejected   Martin-Baker
31st January 1964 WGAF F-104G Starfighter 7091

VA-111

MFG 1 Mid-air collision near Leck Lt Harm Zander   Lockheed C-2
31st January 1964 WGAF F-104G Starfighter 7092

VA-112

MFG 1 Mid-air collision near Leck Lt Hans-Joachim Buth check serials??? Lockheed C-2

   February 

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
3rd February 1964
USAF
 F‑105D Thunderchief 59‑1821 4529th CCTS/4520th CCTW engine failure followed by fire, nr Currant, NV, USA pilot ejected   Republic
7th February 1964
USAF
F‑105D Thunderchief 62‑4345 355th TFW, 33 M SE of Eielson AFB, AK, USA hit tree during strafing pass pilot ejected   Republic
10th February 1964
RAF
Javelin FAW 9 XH747 60 Sqd Crashed into sea the off Singapore     M-B Mk.3JS
Flt. Lt. T. P. Burns ejected at 18,000 ft - 400 kts - injuries Flt. Lt. G. Sykes ejected at 18,000 ft - 400 kts - injuries M-B Mk.3JS
11th February 1964
USAF
F‑105D Thunderchief 62‑4322 421st Air Division 355th Tactical Fighter Wing  the 12th Air Force March Air Base engine failure, nr Ft Irwin, 26 M NE of Barstow, CA, USA pilot ejected   Republic
12th February 1964
USA
Mohawk           Martin-Baker Mk 5
Capt. D. B. Gray ejected 2nd Lt. J. R. Glasscock ejected Martin-Baker Mk 5
12th February 1964
USN
F-4 Phantom II 149454
NG 2
VF‑92

 in Pacific 63 M W of San Diego, CA, USA, rolled at low level. 

     
pilot LTJG Reneau killed LT R. W. Butler ejected. RIO was not able to contact pilot and ejected when aircraft came too low, RIO ejected safely, Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK

F-4 ejection in 1964 off San Diego....You have the RIO listed as Lt Butler...that's correct, the pilot's name was LTJG Reneau, and the squadron was VF-92.
Reneau's brother was on a Destroyer off the coast, he made a low pass and rolled, the RIO realized they couldn't recover and ejected, no time to get the pilot out with command ejection
in email 24th November 2007

18th February 1964
USAF
F‑104B 57‑1308 AFFTC went into violent roll during take‑off, NE part of Edwards AFB, CA, USA ejected   Lockheed
ejected   Lockheed
19th February 1964
Norwegian A.F.
F-84       Lt. O. Johannessen ejected   Martin-Baker
19th February 1964
USN
F-4B Phantom II 150488
AG
VF‑41
USS Independence

 in Mediterranean on flight from , fuel system failure

pilot tried to ditch the aircraft but was killed    
RIO Lt(jg) D. G. Critchfield ejected   Martin-Baker
19th February 1964
USN
RF-8A Crusader BuNo 146869 VFP-62 / CVA-60   Pilot ejected    
20th February 1964
USN
F-4B Phantom II 150647
NE 1
VF‑21
USS Midway

 in sea off Japan, crew abandoned aircraft, which was almost out of fuel,  following six abortive attempts to land on carrier

Lt. F. O. Boone ejected   Martin-Baker
Lt. D. V. Hanna ejected   Martin-Baker
25th February 1964
USMC
F-8B Crusader BuNo 145501 VMF-232 Crashed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 2nd Lt. D. L. Dummond ejected   Martin-Baker
25th February 1964
French A.F.
Mirage       Lt. Roux De Besieux ejected   Martin-Baker
27th February 1964
 
F-4C Phantom 63‑7472 WHO WAS PILOT ??

8 M S of Murphysboro, IL, USA, pilot's ejection seat inadvertently fired under negative G-forces. RIO also ejected as he was unable to fly the aircraft from the rear cockpit

Mr. C. P. Garrison ejected   Martin-Baker
Mr. B. A. McIntyre ejected   Martin-Baker
27th February 1964
Swedish A.F.
Hunter       J. L. Svanstrom ejected   Martin-Baker
27th February 1964
USAF
F‑105D Thunderchief 59‑1751 4529th CCTS/4520th CCTW Nellis AFB, NV, USA engine failure SE of approach end of runway 02R at Nellis pilot ejected safely   Republic

   March

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1st March 1964 RAF Hunter FGA9 XG265 20 Sqn.

Crashed at Labuan, Borneo after a fire in the rear fuselage

pilot ejected 800ft., 200kts. I.A.S. in 20degree nose down attitude. Parachute torn on ejection. Suffered fatal injuries on landing.

  Martin-Baker
2nd or 3rd ??March 1964
USN
F‑4B 148417
NJ
VF‑121 20 M E of NAS Miramar, CA, USA Lt. B. H. McCart USN ejected safely   Martin-Baker

Capt. R. E. Kemble USMC ejected safely

  Martin-Baker
3rd March 1964 USAF F‑104D 57‑1329 479th TFW caught fire during refueling, nr Moron AB, Spain  ejected safely   Lockheed
 ejected safely   Lockheed
4th March 1964 USMC F-8 Crusader       Lt. J. T. Gunn ejected   Martin-Baker
4th March 1964 Swiss A.F. Vampire       Cpl. Imhof ejected   Martin-Baker
4th March 1964 German A.F. F-84F 53-7077
DB+369
JBG32    O/Lt. P. Eichorn ejected   Martin-Baker
6th March 1964 USAF F‑100C 54‑2078 4510th CCTW 23 NM WSW of Needles, CA pilot ejected safely   NAA
8th March 1964 USMC Cougar       Capt. J. H. Ditto ejected    
10th March 1964
USAF
RB‑66C 54‑0451 19th TRS/10th TRW
Toul Rosiere AB, France.
Navigation error strayed outside a Berlin air corridor and was shot down approximately 16 miles inside East Germany nr Gardelegen, East Germany by 2 MiG-19S from 33 IAP based at Wittstock Pilot Capt David Holland ejected safely and captured. Was released 11 days later   Aircraft Mechanics, Inc - Upward seat

Navigator, Capt Melvin Kessler ejected safely and captured. Was released 11 days later

  AMI Upward seat
 electronics officer, Lt Harold Welch ejected and captured.  Suffered a broken leg and a broken arm, was released 11 days later   AMI Upward seat
12th March 1964
RAF
 Jet Provost T4 XP639 CFS Collided in formation aerobatic with XR670 which landed safely at Little Rissington. Aircraft crashed near Morton-In-Marsh   Gloucestershire      
Pilot, Fl. Lt. R. S. Cox, ejected in vertical dive suffering compression fracture   M-B Mk.4PI
15th March 1964 USN RF-8A Crusader BuNo 144439 VC-1 in Hawaii Lt. Cdr. J. L. Berry ejected   Martin-Baker
17th March 1964 USN F-8 Crusader       Lt. S. J. Thomas ejected   Martin-Baker
18th March 1964 Norwegian A.F. F-86       Lt. E. Aase ejected   Martin-Baker
19th March 1964 German A.F. F-86       Fw. J. Kammann ejected   Martin-Baker
25th March 1964 Rolls Royce E.E. Lightning F2    

Crashed at Keysham. Leicestershire after an inflight fire

 
Mr. D. Whitham ejected   Martin-Baker
25-Mar-64
RN
Buccaneer
S.Mk.1
 
XN927  / '223/LM'
 B3-07-61
809 NAS
RNAS Lossiemouth
Crashed near to Elgin, Moray, Scotland
- False engine fire warning after take-off from port engine due to fuel leak, attempted single-engined landing failed, due to rapid loss of airspeed
Lt. R. G. Richens ejected at 400ft unhurt   Martin-Baker
Lt. E. K. Somerville- Jones ejected at 400ft injured   Martin-Baker
26th March 1964 USN F‑4B 148384
NH
VF‑114
USS Kitty Hawk
during test flight explosion was heard in port engine. Returned to ship and caught fire on approach to carrier, Lt. Cdr. J. R. Moore   Martin-Baker
RIO ejected on approach when aircraft pitched down - never found   Martin-Baker

 April  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
?? April 1964 USN F‑4B   VF‑143 Engines flamed out during approach to carrier near French Frigate Shoals, HI, USA ejected   Martin-Baker
ejected   Martin-Baker
1st April 1964 USN F-8A Crusader 143725 VC-2 in US Lt(jg) A. D. Jenkins ejected   Martin-Baker
5th April 1964
About 17:30
USMC F-8U Crusader     Returning from Kadena AB, Okinawa Prefecture, to Atsugi AB, Kanagawa Prefecture crashed in shopping area2 Choume, Haramachida, Machida City, Toukyou Capt. R. L. Brown ejected   Martin-Baker
11th April 1964 Chance Vought F-8 Crusader       Test Pilot Mr. R. E. "Bob" Rostine ejected   Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK
Bob was stall testing the boundary layer control system and entered an inverted flat spin at about 12,000 ft.  He was about 50 miles southwest of Dallas when he finally punched out at about 5000 ft.  He suffered a broken leg but recovered OK.  After Bob ejected, the plane recovered by itself, climbed out to the NE over downtown Dallas, ran out of fuel and crashed in a corn field in east Texas near Greenville.  Speculation was that the drag from the canopy and the ejection explosion together gave the airframe the push it needed to find some air again, but by that time Bob was gone.  The flight over Dallas was caught on the cameras mounted on the vertical stabilizer and made for some really good blooper film, as did the wheels-up landing in the corn field.  It was serious "pucker time" there at the telemetry station for awhile.  We all really got lucky that day.  Bob was never allowed to forget the incident, and I never will either.

Jim Pyeatt
LTV Aerospace, 1962-65
17th April 1964 USMC F-8C Crusader 146959 VMF-333 Location not known Ejected   Martin-Baker or Vought
17th April 1964   F‑105E 62‑4431 49th TFW in‑flight explosion , nr Simandre, France, 50 km W of Geneva. Switzerland ejected safely    
ejected safely    
21st April 1964
RAF
Hunter FGA9 XG293"F" 20 Sqn Crashed in Malaysia. Flame out after inverted climb Fl. Lt. P. S. Martin ejected at 3-400ft., 160kts I.A.S. suffered compression fracture   Martin-Baker
21st April 1964   F‑105E 63‑8264 4529th CCTW engine flamed out on approach, Indian Springs AFAF, NV. USA pilot ejected safely    
     
21st April 1964 USN Lockheed TV-2     Aircraft stalled shortly after take-off

Pilot was killed. Cockpit safety pins had not been removed

  M-B Mk.5
The rear seater,Lt. Charles W. Kerber [Kergber], flight surgeon [with VMA-533?], ejected at low level, through the canopy. spent 20 months in Bethesda Naval Hospital   M-B Mk.5
22nd April 1964 USN Demon       Lt(jg) H. E. Henning ejected   M-B
23rd April 1964 USN F-8E Crusader 149160 VF-124 in US Ens. P. V. Vampatella ejected
[see book in file for biography]
Martin-Baker
27th April 1964
RAF
Lightning F1     Probable flame-out on GCA and cockpit misting Pilot ejected but was killed   M-B Mk.4BSA

 May  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
5th May 1964 Danish A.F. Lockheed T-33       Sgt. J. Pedersen   Martin-Baker
Fl. Lt. B. Nielsen   Martin-Baker
8th May 1964 German A.F. F-84       O/Lt. J. Lemm ejected   Martin-Baker
9th May 1964 USAF F‑105B 57‑5801 Thunderbirds broke up in flight during 6G pitch‑up for landing Hamilton AFB, CA, USA pilot ejected but was killed   Republic
11th May 1964 RAF Vulcan B2 XH535 A. & A.E.E.   co-pilot Flt Lt. R. L. Beeson B Sqn, A&AEE ejected sustaining major injuries ejected at 2,5000 ft   Martin-Baker
captain Mr. O. J. Hawkins TP - Avro ejected shortly after at 2,000 ft   Martin-Baker
11th May 1964 WGAF F-104G Starfighter 8142 AG 51 Engine failure at Manching

Capt. Norbert Senger ejected successfully

  Martin-Baker
11th May 1964 USN A-4E Skyhawk       Lt. J. H. Fetterman Ejected Douglas
12th May 1964 Norwegian Lockheed T-33       Capt. Breived ejected   Martin-Baker
13th May 1964 USAF F‑105D 59‑1744 4529th CCTS/4520th CCTW shortly after take‑off lost power. Pilot tried to steer aircraft away from populated area WSW of Nellis AFB, NV, USA
4 on ground killed
Pilot ejected too late - killed   Republic
14th May 1964 USAF F‑105D 62‑4245 12th TFS/18th TFW engine failure - nr Okino‑Daito, 230 M SE of Okinawa, Japan pilot ejected   Republic
17th May 1964 USA Mohawk       Capt. A. J. Ortner   Martin-Baker
Capt. H. L. Woodard   Martin-Baker
21st May 1964 USN Intruder       Lt. W. M. Tschudy   Martin-Baker
Lt(jg) J. D. Harden   Martin-Baker
21st May 1964 USMC F-8B Crusader 145506 VMF-232 in Hawaii 2nd Lt. F. C. Gardner ejected   Martin-Baker
22nd May 1964
USAF
 F-4C Phantom II 637416 MacDill AFB, FL Crashed at the Avon Park bombing range in central Florida Capt. Joseph J. Onate killed