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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
CVA-42
Ejections & Losses
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Air Unit/
Date A'cft based crashed crew photo seat
Force Serial
Vought
or
VF-ll arrester hook broke Martin-
21st August Vought F8A FURTHER DETAILS
145357 USS Franklin D. during heavy landing and pilot ejected safely Baker
1961 Crusader APPRECIATED
USN Roosevelt aircraft went over side
?????
VA-172
USS Franklin D.
A-4C Roosevelt
31st July 1966 147677 CV-42 Operational loss pilot recovered Douglas
Skyhawk
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
VA-72
USS Franklin D. LifisIErederiekR,
Roosevelt Purrington ejected and
21st August 151109 AB
A-4E Skyhawk CV-42 AAA; North Vietnam recovered, Douglas
1966 505
USN Air Wing [see also 20th October
1966]
CVW-1
21st August
1966
USN
A-4E Skyhawk 151109
VA-72
USS Franklin D.
Roosevelt
CV-42
Air Wing
Hit by ground fire during
an armed reconnaissance
mission - five miles
southwest of Thanh Hoa
- other more likely cause
hydraulics failure caused
by ingestion of own
Lt Allan Russell
Carpenter ejected over
the Gulf of Tonkin and
was picked up by a Navy
helicopter
[see also 1st November
1966 when he was shot
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CVW-1 down near Haiphong
ordnance debris
became a POW]
VA-72
USS Franklin D.
22nd August 149992 AB Roosevelt own rockets; North U K G Craig ejected
A-4E Skyhawk CV-42 Douglas
1966 510 Vietnam and recovered
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
Photo recon mission over
VFP-62 North Vietnam. Crashed
about 20 miles
USS Franklin D.
east of the city of Thanh
6th September RF-8G Roosevelt pilot Lt. (jg) Norman
144624 Hoa Province, North
1966 Crusader CV-42 Lee Bundy killed
USN Vietnam. The aircraft
Air Wing
impacted the water and
CVW-1 sank, taking its pilot with
it
VAW-13 recovered
II
USS Franklin D. recovered ||
10th September Roosevelt no ejection seats fitted
EA-1F 132543
1966 CV-42 Operational loss recovered ||
USN Air Wing
CVW-1 recovered
1
5th October
1966
F-4B
152328
VF-32
USS Franklin D.
Roosevelt
CV-42
Operational loss
It. JG 3. J.
Cunningham ejected and
recovered ( Martin-
Baker
Phantom II Lt. Cdr. R. A.
USN Air Wing Martin-
Fyles ejected and
CVW-1 Baker
recovered
Lt._flalFre*BrfckR,
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ejected and ROW
VA-172
USS Franklin D.
[see also 21 August
20th October 147775 AB Roosevelt
A-4C Skyhawk CV-42 AAA; North Vietnam 1966] Douglas
1966 302
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
VA-72
USS Franklin D,
1st November Roosevelt Cdr Allan R, Carpenter
A-4E Skyhawk 151138 CV-42 VN Douglas
1966 ejected and ROW
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
Martin-
Lt. E. 3. Ducharme
3rd November F-4B 151018 Operational loss. Ran out Baker
VF-14
1966 Phantom II AB-109 fuel Martin-
USN Lt. W. A. Wood
Baker
In collision with with
12th November A-4E Skyhawk 155051 Cdr. Robert Clarence
A-4E Skyhawk 150048 VA-12
1966 during a section approach Froslo - body not
USN recovered
to the ship
In collision with with no ejection
12th November A-4E Skyhawk 150048 Lt. (jg) James Grady
A-4E Skyhawk 155051 VA-12
1966 during a section approach Jones - body not
USN to the ship recovered
Ensign Paul L. Worrell
VA-172 MIA
USS Franklin D. (wingman to
2nd December A-4C 145116 AB Roosevelt [Link] see next
CV-42 SAM, North Vietnam
1966 Skyhawk 304 entry)
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
PpW/MIAJJnk
VA-172 Cdr Bruce August
USS Franklin D. Nystrom
2nd December A-4C 145143 AB Roosevelt
CV-42 SAM, North Vietnam MIA
1966 Skyhawk 300
USN Air Wing
CVW-1 PQW/MIAUnk
recovered
Carrier Air Early
Warning recovered
Squadron 12 no ejection seats fitted Lt. Cdr. Edwin Lee
14th December (VAW-12),Detachment Operational loss. Engine Kbenig killed
E-1B 147218
1966 42 failure. Ditched in South
USN China Sea Lt. (jg) Richard Lynn
USS Franklin D.
Mowrey killed
Roosevelt
CV-42 Lt (jg) Gerald A.
Holman killed
VA-172 Lt Claude David
USS Franklin D. Wilson Jr.
14th December A-4E 151068 AB Roosevelt
SAM, North Vietnam KIA
1966 Skyhawk 513 CV-42
USN Air Wing
CVW-1
