ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185418
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Date: | Tuesday 27 July 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman A-6A Intruder |
Owner/operator: | VA-85, US Navy |
Registration: | 151780 |
MSN: | I-83 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pacific Ocean, 75 miles W of San Diego, California -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) off coast of California |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Destroyed when crashed into the Pacific Ocean July 27 1965 after a mid air collision with A-6A Intruder BuNo 151786 during join-up 75 miles west of San Diego, off the coast of California during work ups on the Kitty Hawk prior to leaving for first WestPac. Both crew of BuNo 151780 - Lt. JG G. F. Wagner and LT A. Malikoff - ejected. However Lt A. Malikoff was not recovered from the water after a reported successful ejection and correct seat operating sequence. He was posted at MIAS/KIAS
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm 2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.intruderassociation.org/in_memory.html]
3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html 4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/a6pics/151780.jpg]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Mar-2016 22:39 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
14-Mar-2016 22:40 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
14-Mar-2016 22:52 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
14-Mar-2016 23:20 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
15-Mar-2017 12:55 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
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