<p>Two U.S. Navy Douglas A4D-2N <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 147759, 148458) of Attack Squadron VA-113 "Stingers" aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i> (CVA-63). VA-113 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) aboard the <i>Kitty Hawk</i> for her voyage around South America from 11 August to 1 November 1961.<br></p>
147759 was later shot down by flak off the coast of North Vietnam over the in Gulf of Tonkin on 15 July 1967 while in service with VA-76 "Spirits", CVW-19, on USS <i>Hancock</i> (CVA-19). The pilot ejected and was rescued. 148458 was later sold to Singapore and converted to an A-4SU.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv63-61/041.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv63-61/index_009.htm">USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i> (CVA-63) 1961 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>