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Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Bu. 142416 to Bu. 142423

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142416
*1958-61: VA-86.
*1961-63: VA-44.
*1963: NARTU Jacksonville, FL.
*6/1963: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*3/1967: Sold to the Argentine AF as A-4P C-219.
*Grupo 5.
*9/8/1977: Crashed near Villa Reynolds AB, San Luis.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142417
*1958: VX-4 as XF-41.
*1958-59: VX-5.
*1959-60: VX-4 as XF-41.
*1960: VA-172.
*1960-61: VA-44.
*1961-63: VA-106.
*1963-64: NARTU New York, NY.
*1964-68: NARTU Memphis, TN.
*1968: NARTU Jacksonville, FL.
*1968-69: NARTU Memphis, TN.
*2/20/1970: Struck off charge at NARF Pensacola, FL.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142418
*1957-59: VA-83 as AP-314.
*1959: VF-21.
*1959: FASRON-3.
*1959-60: VA-36.
*12/14/1960: Crashed while landing on USS Saratoga in the Mediterranean Sea. Pilot was killed.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142419
*1958-60: VA-86 as AG-408.
*3/8/1960: Collided with the mast of a target ship (or a practice air target?) and crashed into Pamlico Sound. Pilot was killed.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142420
*1958-59: VA-12 as AK-300.
*1959-60: VA-12 as AK-500.
*1961: VA-12 as AB-400.
*1962: VA-12 as AK-500.
*1962: VA-134 as AE-413.
*1962-63: NARTU New York, NY.
*7/2/1963: Written off.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142421
*1958-61: VA-86 as AG-412.
*1961-62: VA-44.
*1962-64: NARTU South Weymouth, MA.
*12/1964: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1965: Was to be sold to the Argentine AF as A-4P C-203.
*8/1/1966: Crashed near NAS Olathe, KS due to an inflight fire on a pre- delivery flight.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142422
*1958: VA-86 as AG-4xx.
*3/7/1958: Written off.

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk/Bu. 142423
*1958-59: VA-86 as AG-407.
*1960-61: VA-86 as AG-4xx.
*1/7/1961: Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after a collision with A-4B 142705. Pilot was killed.

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