ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 259724
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| Date: | Sunday 2 February 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American RA-5C Vigilante |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 156623 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Saratoga - |
| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Struck ramp while attempting to land on USS Saratoga in bad weather off the coast of Africa, exploded and went over the side into the sea. Both crewmen were killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/A-5.html
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