ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158698
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Date: | Saturday 22 November 1969 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Grumman A-6A Intruder |
Owner/operator: | VA-196, US Navy |
Registration: | 155607 |
MSN: | I-333 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ban Tampanko, Savannakhet Province, 25 mile SW of Khe Sanh -
Laos
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Ranger (CVA-61) off east coast of Vietnam |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A-6A Intruder BuNo. 155607/'NE-507' of VA-196, US Navy, (Call Sign MILESTONE 507) on board the USS Ranger(CVA-61). Lost on combat operations on November 22, 1969: night armed reconnaissance mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Aircraft came down at Ban Tampanko, Savannakhet Province, 25 mile SW of Khe Sanh at approximate Coordinates: 16'30.00"N 106'25.00"E
Exact cause of loss unknown: the aircraft's wingman saw only a flash on the ground with no indications of what had happened. Search and rescue efforts were initiated immediately. However, these efforts were hampered by a lack of definite loss location. There were no voice or beacon signals received by the search and rescue forces. The crew, Lt Commander Dick Collins (pilot) and Lt Mike Quinn (bombardier/navigator) were therefore both listed as MIA with effect from November 23, 1969. This became a formal Killed in Action, Body Not Recovered with effect from February 13 1978 for Collins, and from May 15 1978 for Quinn
Sources:
1. A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War By Rick Morgan & Jim Laurier
2. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Damaged or Destroyed During the Vietnam War By Douglas E. Campbell
3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html 4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm 5.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html 6.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CollinsRF01a.htm 7.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dq/QuinnME01a.htm 8.
http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/q/q002.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Aug-2013 09:00 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
20-Aug-2013 09:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2016 23:42 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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