A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 147704) from Attack Squadron VA-76 "Spirits" is loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CVAN-65). VA-76 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6) aboard the <i>Big E</i> for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 6 February to 4 September 1963.<br>The A-4C 147704 stayed with VA-76 and the <i>Big E</i> but was lost on 2 January 1966 when it crashed on the slope of a mountainside in thick fog at Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam. The pilot was killed.
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Naval Historical Center: <i>Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1: The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons</i>. Department of the Navy, Washington D.C. 1995. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/download/va-76-104.pdf">Chapter 2 Attack Squadron Histories for VA-76 to VA-104</a>, p. 141.