MAKE A MEME View Large Image KA-3B VAH-4 refueling RA-5C RVAH-13 c1965.jpeg A U S Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante BuNo 149278 from Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 RVAH-13 Bats refuels from a Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior BuNo 142653 from Heavy Attack Squadron 4 ...
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Keywords: KA-3B VAH-4 refueling RA-5C RVAH-13 c1965.jpeg A U S Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante BuNo 149278 from Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 RVAH-13 Bats refuels from a Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior BuNo 142653 from Heavy Attack Squadron 4 VAH-4 Fourrunners Both aircraft were assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 for a deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966 <br>The KA-3B 142653 was shot down on 12 April 1966 by Chinese Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-19 fighter over Luichow Peninsula in Kuangtung Province Hainan Island China after having strayed into Chinese airspace approximately 21º8 ™N 111º17 ™E The crew was killed The RA-5C 149278 was later shot down by flak over Ha Tinh Province North Vietnam on 5 May 1968 while in service with RVAH-1 CVW-9 aboard USS Enterprise CVAN-65 Both crew ejected and became prisoners of war http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002849 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 3579 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-1115000/USN-1115560 html USN 1115560 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1965-02-20 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior North American RA-5C Vigilante Aerial refueling Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 United States Navy
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