<p>Two U.S. Navy Douglas AD-5N <i>Skyraider</i> (BuNo 133905, 133924) from All-Weather Fighter Squadron VF(AW)-4 Det.38 <i>Nightcappers</i> in flight on the . VF(AW)-4 Det.38  was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS <i>Tarawa</i> (CVS-40) for a deployment to the Atlantic Ocean in the second half of 1957.<br></p>
133905 was later transferred to the U.S. Air Force (USAF A-1G s/n 52-133905) and served with the 602nd Air Commando Squadron, 56th Air Commando Wing in Vietnam. It was shot down during an SAR mission by a North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 by gunfire over Hoa Binh province, North Vietnam, on 19 April 1967 (20 42 00N, 105 32 00E). The pilot, Maj. John S. Hamilton, was killed.
USN
1957
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv40-57/138.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv40-57/index_020.htm">USS <i>Tarawa</i> (CVS-40) 1957 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>