Date:	Wednesday 20 January 1965
Time:	day
Type:	McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II
Owner/operator:	VF-31, US Navy
Registration:	151470
MSN:	539
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	US Saratoga (CV-60), Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Spain -   Spain
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	US Saratoga (CV-60), Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Spain
Destination airport:

Narrative:
McDonnell F4H-1 (F-4B-18-MC) Phantom II, Bu No 151470/'AC-111', VF-31, US Navy: Written off (destroyed) January 20 1965. Starboard engine failed during catapult shot from US Saratoga (CV-60), Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Spain. Both crew Lt(jg) C. Brokaw (pilot) and Lt. V. L. Knaus (RIO) ejected safely and were recovered.

After an extensive shipyard period in the second half of 1964, Saratoga departed for the Mediterranean, arriving just before Christmas 1964. Ports visited over the next 6 months were Naples, Athens, Cannes, Valencia, Spain, Istanbul, and Malta.
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1. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
2. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-4.html
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115212455/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1959-1965.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)#1960s

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60) with her crew manning the rail on the flight deck, as she arrives in Barcelona, Spain, 12 February 1965. Saratoga, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 28 November 1964 to 12 July 1965:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Jun-2022 21:23	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Jun-2022 21:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative]