<p>A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4B <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 144938) from Attack Squadron 113 (VA-113) "Stingers" Det.Q in flight. VA-113 Det.Q was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Bennington</i> (CVS-20) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 22 March to 7 October 1965. Note that the detachment kept the tail code "NH" of its parent Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) and did not adopt the "NT" tail code of CVSG-59. Also not the unusual use of Roman modex numbers.<br></p>
During this cruise, the A-4B 144938 crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin on 21 May 1965 during a landing approach to the USS <i>Bennington</i>. The pilot was rescued.
U.S. Navy
1965
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv20-65/085.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv20-65/index_016.htm">USS <i>Bennington</i> (CVS-20) 1965 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>