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Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
2nd April 1966
USAF
RF-101C - Voodoo 56-0172 45th TRS/460th TRW lost to gunfire in North
Vietnam
Captain Daniel James Doughty ejected - POW  
4th April 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E BuNo 149208 VF-124. in US Lt. JG W. K ??? ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.5
4th April 1966
RAF
Javelin FAW.9 XH785/L 60 Squadron 5 miles north west of Tengah, Singapore Flt. Lt. A. L. Vasloo   Martin-Baker
Flt. Lt. Rawcliffe   Martin-Baker
4th April 1966
USAF
F-100D 55-3573 510th TFS, 3rd TFW, Bien Hoa   Pilot ejected (is this correct??)    
5th April 1966
RAF
Jet Provost T.4 7 TFS   Rayon Bank, Yorkshire Flt. Lt. P. G. Cowen ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.4
Flt. Lt. P. Goodman ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.4
5th April 1966
USN
F-8C Crusader BuNo 146957 VC-2 in US Lt. Cdr. M. R. Defeo   Martin-Baker Mk.5]
6th April 1966
USA
Mohawk       SP4 L. Johnson   Martin-Baker
MAI L. Duensing   Martin-Baker
6th April 1966
USA
Mohawk       Capt. J. Lafayettes   Martin-Baker
Capt. J. Gates   Martin-Baker
6th April 1966
USN
F-8E Crusader BuNo 150296 VF-111, CVA34   Lt. Cdr. N. S.Levy   Martin-Baker
6th April 1966
RN 
Scimitar       Lt. P. De Souza   Martin-Baker
8th April 1966
USAF
Crusader RF-8A BuNo 144611 VFP-63 CVA-19 AAA More details needed to confirm this   Martin-Baker Mk.5
8th April 1966
USAF
F-4 Phantom       Lt. Col. W. S. Sams   Martin-Baker
Major R. E. Schreiber   Martin-Baker
9th April 1966
USN
RF-8A Crusader 144611 VFP-63, USS Hancock AAA Lt. (jg) Thomas Gavin Walster ejected but drowned   Martin-Baker
14th April 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 149179 VF-51, CVA-14, USS Ticonderoga Non combat, struck ramp on landing Ensign G. W. Riese ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.5
16th April 1966
USAF
F-4C Phantom 63-7677 433rd TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon   Martin-Baker
Major Samuel Robert Johnson ejected, injured - POW 1st Lt. Larry James Chesley ejected - POW Martin-Baker
17th April 1966
USN 
A-6A Intruder 151794 VA-85 USS Kitty Hawk hit over North Vietnam Lt. Cdr. C. D. Hawkins    Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr. S. L. Sayers   Martin-Baker
17th April 1966
USAF
B-57C 53-3833 8th TBS, 405th FW attached to 35th TFW, Da Nang   Captain Larry J. Horacek ejected

[see also  6th August 1965 and FEEDBACK]

   
Captain D. N. Harnage ejected    
FEEDBACK

Hello,
A minor correction for one of the entries in your database.

 On 6 August 1965 you list Captain Horacek and Lieutenant Johnson’ s aircraft 53-3919 as being an RB-57E. Baugher lists this aircraft as being a B-57B.

I believe that to be correct as it is consistent with conversations I had with Larry Horacek.  I flew with him hundreds of times over a six year period and I know from this that his mission in Vietnam was not reconnaissance but strafing and bombing.

Further, he said that this was a “controlled bailout” after battle damage made a normal landing impossible.  It occurred at the shoreline near Nha Trang and that both were rescued.  The aircraft crashed on land despite efforts to shoot it out of the air.

His ejection from 53-3833 on 17 April 1966 on the other hand he described as happening more or less at treetop level from a burning/exploding airplane.  He was not sure if he even had full parachute deployment but he traveled somewhat horizontally through the tree tops.  He had to cut his way out of his parachute and was rescued after about an hour on the ground in North Vietnam. . . .

Chuck Ross, in email 21st July 2007
[data entry amended on 22nd July 2007]

17th April 1966
USN
A-4E Skyhawk 151058 VA-56, USS Ticonderoga AAA Lt. Cdr. V. G. Hough ejected    
18th April 1966
RAF
Vampire T55 5C-YA

[ex G-5-12]

  Berwyn Mountains, 6 miles sw Llangollen, near Llanarmom Dyffryn Ceirog,
Denbighshire, N Wales
Mr Alan Brandon TP
Mr Tony Chalke FTO

one ejected other killed in aircraft - need to confirm

  Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK

Ref; the Vampire T55 crash on April 18, 1966 in North Wales I was a DeHavilland (HS) employee and on the search party and in fact the first to find the wreckage and crew remains.

Mr. A.P (Tony) Chalk FTO was still in the aircraft when it impacted the hill in a dive. No attempt to eject had been made.

Mr. Alan Brandon TP had ejected at the last moment and had bounced down  the opposite side of the snow covered hill with the parachute streaming. It was concluded that he was not fatally injured but died of exposure in the snow while still unconcious.

The aircraft had suffered a complete electrical failure at high altitude and subsequently lost all blind flying instruments in snow storm conditions. The canopy had been ejected some miles prior to the crash site which suggested an anticipated ejection if visibility was not regained.

I was of the understanding that they were flying a Vampire T11 which had been converted from a non-ejection seat type by the substitution of a later T11 fuselage pod (I could be wrong)

 Duncan Stuart
[in email 5th October 2006]

19th April 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 150853 VF-53, CVA-14 AAA Cdr. R. F. Mohrpardt   Martin-Baker Mk.5
19th April 1966
USN
Crusader RF-8A 146843 VFP-63 AAA Lt. Ron F.  F. Ball   Martin-Baker Mk.5
20th April 1966
USAF
F-105D 60-0442 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Korat AAA over Laos Captain J. B. Abernathy ejected    
20th April 1966
USN
A-4C Skyhawk 148512 VA-113 USS Kitty Hawk   Cdr. John Abbott ejected - POW
Died in Captivity
 
20th April 1966
USN
A-4C Skyhawk 149495 VA-113 USS Kitty Hawk   Lt. (jg) H. G. Welch    
21st April 1966
USAF
F-4C Phantom 63-7531 559th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay ground fire 1st Lt. R. E. Goodenough   Martin-Baker
1st Lt. P. A. Busch   Martin-Baker
21st April 1966
USMC
F-4B Phantom 151010 VMFA-542, MAG-11, Da Nang AAA 2nd Lt. J. L. Arendale ejected   Martin-Baker
Captain F. A. Huey ejected but badly injured   Martin-Baker
22nd April 1966
USAF
RF-101C - Voodoo 56-0090 20th TRS/ 460th TRW Tan Son Nhut detached to Udorn lost to gunfire in North
Vietnam
Major Alan Leslie Brunstrom ejected - POW  
22nd April 1966
USAF
F-105D 62-4409 421st TFS, 388TFW, Korat AAA Captain Charles Graham Boyd ejected - POW  
23rd April 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0048 421st TFS, 388TFW, Korat AAA Major Bernard Joseph Goss seen to eject and land - KIA    
23rd April 1966
USN
A-4E 152025 VA-55, USS Ranger   Lt. Cdr. C. A. Gray ejected    
23rd April 1966
USN
F-4 Phantom       Lt. (jg) H. E. Vaughan ejected   Martin-Baker
Captain J. M. Davey ejected   Martin-Baker
24th April 1966
USAF
F-105D 62-4340 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat AAA 1st Lt. Jerry Donald Driscoll ejected - POW  
26th April 1966
USN
F-4B Phantom 152255 VF-114, USS Kitty Hawk   Lt. (jg) R. N. Blake   Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg) N. W. Smith   Martin-Baker
27th April 1966
USN
A-6 Intruder 151788   hit over North Vietnam and crashed into the sea Lt. W. R. Westerman   Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg) B. E. Westin   Martin-Baker
28th April 1966
USMC
F-4 Phantom        2.Lt. R. L. Robinson   Martin-Baker
Capt. H. F. Stroma   Martin-Baker
28th April 1966
USN
F-4G Phantom 150645 VF-213, USS Kitty Hawk Ground fire Lt. R. A. Schlitz   Martin-Baker
Lt. (jg) C. C. Lewis   Martin-Baker
28th April 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 149161 VF-124 in US Pilot ejected ????   Martin-Baker Mk.5
29th April 1966
USAF
RF-101C Voodoo 56-0204 20th TRS based at Udorn   Major Albert E. Runyan ejected - POW  
29th April 1966
USN
F-8 Crusader       Capt. W. Abbott ejected    
30th April 1966
USN
A-4E 151145 VA-55, USS Ranger   Lt. J. S. Buzby ejected    

CHECK THIS is this confused with 56-0204
29-4-1966
USAF RF-101C - Voodoo, BuNo 56-0218 of 20th TRS/460th TRW lost to gunfire in North
Vietnam. Pilot POW. [see also main lising for this date]

 May  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1st May 1966
USN
A-4E 151179 VA-212, USS Hancock own rocket hit aircraft tail Lt. R. H. Mansfield ejected    
2nd May 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 149169 VF-211, CVA-19. Vietnam. AAA Lt. Eugene Chauncey ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.5
2nd May 1966
USN
A-4E Skyhawk 151034 VA-55 USS Ranger   Lt. Cdr. Walter Sutton Wood seen to eject but did not survive    
3rd May 1966
RAF
Canberra       Flg. Off. T. K. Topaz
[personal testimony to upload]
  Martin-Baker
4th May 1966
USAF
F-4 Phantom II     combat     Martin-Baker
Lt B. D. Giere
ejected
Lt. Henry James Knoch ejected
[2nd ejection - see also
28th November 1965; 16th September 1966]
Martin-Baker
4th May 1966
French Air Force AF
Mirage       Capt. M. A. Illiou   Martin-Baker
Capt. Masson   Martin-Baker
5th May 1966


DDR

MIG‑21 PFM

761104
881
JG‑1 Crashed Polen, Germany Ltn Klaus Sinner ejected   SK-1
5th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0147 469th TFS, 388th TFW   1st Lt. Kenneth Deane Thomas ejected but did not survive    
5th May 1966
USN
Crusader RF-8A 146831 VFP-63, CVA-19 Vietnam. AAA Lt. John Hellig ejected - POW Martin-Baker Mk.5
5th May 1966
USN
A-4C Skyhawk 149571 VA-146, USS Ranger   Pilot ejected    
6th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0179 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Korat AAA Lt. Col. James Lesley Lamar ejected - POW  
6th May 1966
USMC
F-4 Phantom       S.Sgt.  R. H. Huebner   Martin-Baker
1.Lt. J. F. Longo   Martin-Baker
8th May 1966
French Air Force
Mirage       Lt. Marro   Martin-Baker
8th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 62-4236 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat ground fire 1st Lt. James Edwin Ray ejected - POW  
10th May 1966
RN
Sea Vixen FAW1 XJ520 890 Sqn
HMS Ark Royal
Mozambique Channel, Beira Pilot Lt. Allan Tarver ejected at very low altitude Martin-Baker
Observer John Stutchbury
attempted ejection using face blind but had problems when canopy hatch would not separate. Died in subsequent aircraft crash
Martin-Baker
note: HMS Ark Royal was part of the preventative blockade on Rhodesia after UDI had been declared by the in November 1965 
10th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-01355 333rd TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli AAA Captain Martin H. Mahrt ejected    
10th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 59-1819 355th TFW, Takhli AAA 1st Lt. G. I. Clouser ejected    
10th May 1966 USAF F-100D 55-3773     Did Pilot eject ????    
13th May 1966
RAF
Gnat T1 XR539 4 FTS Spun into the ground near Gwynedd, Wales Pilot ejected   Folland
13th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0174 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Korat Laos Captain Ralph Carol Balcom thought to have ejected    
13th May 1966
Danish Air Force
F84       Lt. B. L. Christiansen   Martin-Baker
13th May 1966
USN
A-6A Intruder 151800 VA-85, USS Kitty Hawk fuel exhaustion, Vietnam Lt. Cdr. R. G. Blackwood ejected   Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr John Cooley Ellison ejected   Martin-Baker
16th May 1966
USAF
F-4 Phantom 64-0717 433rd TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon   Lt. (jg) E. S. S. Osbolt   Martin-Baker
Capt. D. G. Rokes   Martin-Baker
18th May 1966
USN
F-4B Phantom 152257 VF-213, USS Kitty Hawk   Lt. Cdr. W. K. Sullivan   Martin-Baker
Lt. Cdr. C. W. Sommers   Martin-Baker
20th May 1966
USN
Crusader F-8B 145495 NAF Washington DC Reserves       Martin-Baker Mk.5
21st May 1966
USN
A-4C 148473 VA-216, USS Hancock ground fire Lt. Cdr. O. F. Baldwin ejected    
21st May 1966
USAF
F-4 Phantom       Lt. R. A. Nester   Martin-Baker
22nd May 1966
USAF
F-105D 58-1164 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat Laos, ground fire 1st Lt. R. H. Hackford    
23rd May 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 150901 VF-211, CVA-19 Vietnam. AAA Lt. L. S. Miller ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.5
23rd May 1966
USN
A-4C 147762 VA-36, USS Enterprise   Ensign K. W. Leuffen ejected    
23rd May 1966
RAF
Gnat T1 XR570/22 4 FTS Flew into power lines 70ft
above the ground near Bala, Gwynedd
Student pilot ejected   Folland
26th May 1966
RAF
Jet Provost T3 XM384/4 2 FTS Collided over
Woodborough, Leics. during a display
Flg. Off. Tim G. Thome ejected   Martin-Baker
P.O D. Sedman ejected   Martin-Baker
26th May 1966
RAF
Jet Provost T4 XP631/31 2 FTS Collided over
Woodborough, Leics. during a display
Flt. Lt. Don Henderson ejected   Martin-Baker
 

". . . I was flying XP631 and was  team leader of the RAF Syerston formation aerobatic team. Tim Thorn was a junior Instructor based at the same airfield flying, with his student in XM384.

 The Formation Team were required to fly practice sorties before the start of normal flying training ie, 0845.   On this particular day the cloud base at Syerston was about 1500 ft. thus the team were unable to fly the full display sequence; as this required a cloudbase of 5,000 ft.   We therefore completed a restricted "bad weather" sequence over the airfield,  Then the team departed to the North West to climb above the cloud, in order to practice the full "good weather" sequence. NB. A full sequence practice was necessary as the team were booked to fly a Public display at another airfield in Yorkshire on the following day.

 The team were in the final part of the full sequence, in visual contact with the ground near Woodborough,   when F/O Thorn's aircraft collided with my STBD wing, at half span. This caused the severed STBD tip tank and section of the wing to strike my fin and tail section, which in turn caused my aircraft to commence a severe bunt, ie, a negative 'G' manoeuvre.    At this instant, with no effective a/c control remaining ---- I ejected! ! . . ."

 Don Henderson
in email 26th November 2006

26th May 1966
USAF
F-4 Phantom       1.Lt. F. T. King ejected   Martin-Baker
Capt. D. D. Friesen ejected   Martin-Baker
27th May 1966
USN
Crusader F-8E 149181 VMF[AW]-232  in Hawaii. 1.Lt. A. G. Graham ejected   Martin-Baker Mk.5
27th May 1966   F-104G Starfighter 63-13259   crashed on the Goldwater Bombing Range Lt. Guenter Wuttke (Luftwaffe) Lockheed C-2
   
30th May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0142 333rd TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli ground fire Captain David Burnett Hatcher ejected - POW  
31st May 1966
USAF
F-105D 62-4386 354th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli AAA 1st Lt. Leonard C. Ekman ejected    
31st May 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0120 469th TFS, 388th TFW AAA Captain Martin William Steen ejected but did not survive    
31st May 1966
USMC 
F-4B Phantom 152309 VMFA-115, MAG-11, Da Nang non-combat Vietnam Lt. C. Geiger   Martin-Baker
Lt. M. L. Crabb   Martin-Baker

   June    

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1st June 1966
USN 
Cougar       ENS J. D. Baker   Martin-Baker
1st June 1966
USAF 
F-4C Phantom   433rd TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon   Capt. Myers   Martin-Baker
Capt. J. Borling   Martin-Baker
1st June 1966
USAF
F-105D 62-4393 357th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli Laos Captain G. H. Peacock    
2nd June 1966
USAF
F-4C Phantom 64-0744 558th TFS, 12th TFW, CamRanh Bay ground fire GIB Lt. Ogle   Martin-Baker
2nd June 1966
USMC 
Cougar       Capt. W. S. Laushlin   Martin-Baker
2nd June 1966
[or is it 22nd??]

USAF
F-105D 59-1721 333rd TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli Shot down by AAA over RP, Laos Captain J. D. Whipple    
2nd June 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0160 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Korat Thailand did pilot eject ??    
3rd June 1966
USAF
F-105D 58-1171 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat Hit by ground fire over RP1 and crashed at sea. Rescued. Captain R. D. Peilin    
6th June 1966
RAF
Canberra       Flg. Off. T. D. Taylor   Martin-Baker
7th June 1966
USAF
F-4C Phantom 64-0671 389th TFS, 366th TFW, Phan Rang Caught fire on take off Major C. F. Frost   Martin-Baker
Major R. M. Keith   Martin-Baker
7th June 1966
USAF
F-105D 61-0168 333rd TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli AAA