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VA-35, USS Enterprise: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Bombardier/navigator on A-6A #152943 that ditched on launch [103] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 12: Kollman, Glenn E: Commander: US Navy: VA-35, USS Enterprise: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot of A-6A # 152943that ...
The aircraft rolled to the left and the aircrew ejected. The pilot, COTAC (NFO in co-pilot's seat) and Senso were killed. The Tacco survived with minor injuries. This occurred during transit between the Philippines and Hong Kong aboard USS Enterprise. Pilot Charles Roy experienced catastrophic aileron connecting rod failure immediately after ...
USS Abraham Lincoln, the destroyer USS Merrill (DD-976) and at least two other ships, along with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, were assisting in the search. A Navy helicopter crew flying in the area and sailors from the Merrill reported a ball of fire and loud explosion about 0230 PST, said Senior Chief Petty Officer Bob Howard, a Navy ...
The 1969 USS Enterprise fire was a major fire and series of explosions that broke out aboard USS Enterprise on January 14, 1969, off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. After a Zuni rocket detonated under a plane's wing, the ensuing fire touched off more munitions, blowing holes in the flight deck that allowed burning jet fuel to enter the ship. The ...
[6] [7] At the time, cook was one of the few ratings open in the U.S. Navy to Black sailors. [8] While serving on the Enterprise, Pinckney took part in a number of battles including the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, [9] and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, where the carrier suffered three direct bomb hits that killed 74 sailors and ...
The Navy serviceman, killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, was identified decades later. Through the military's process of returning lost loved ones to their families, Svoboda said, she'd ...
The remains of a Stillwater sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be returned to Minnesota for burial, the U.S. Defense Department announced. William F. Gusie ...
VF-92, USS Enterprise: Operation Barrel Roll: Laos, Mu Gia Pass: Radar intercept officer on an F-4B #151412 that was hit by enemy fire [165] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] December 29: Rawsthorne, Edgar A: Commander: US Navy: VF-92, USS Enterprise: Operation Barrel Roll: Laos, Mu Gia Pass: Pilot of F-4B #151412 that was hit by enemy ...