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Douglas A-4G Skyhawk
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Bu. 154903 to Bu. 154910

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154903
*7/19/1967: First flight. Or on 7/15/1967?
*7/1967: Transferred to the Australian Navy.
*1972: VF-805 as 882.
*VC-724.
*6/1983: Put into storage.
*7/1984: Transferred to the New Zealand AF as NZ-6211.
*1984: 2 Squadron.
*1987: 2 Squadron.
*2/16/2001: Crashed near Nowra New South Wales, Australia due to a collision with another A-4K. Pilot was killed.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154904
*7/20/1967: First flight.
*7/1967: Transferred to the Australian Navy.
*VF-805 as 883.
*VC-724.
*7/1984: Transferred to the New Zealand AF as NZ-6212.
*1984: 2 Squadron.
*2001: 75 Squadron.
*10/2001: Put into storage at Woodbourne AB.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154905
*7/26/1967: First flight.
*7/1967: Transferred to the Australian Navy.
*VF-805 as 884.
*VC-724.
*7/1984: Transferred to the New Zealand AF as NZ-6213.
*2 Squadron.
*2001: 75 Squadron.
*2/16/2001: Written off at Nowra AB, New South Wales.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154906
*8/8/1967: First flight.
*Transferred to the Australian Navy as 885.
*1977: VF-805.
*10/21/1980: Ditched into the sea west of Colombo after a bad launch off HMAS Melbourne.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154907
*Transferred to the Australian Navy as 886.
*1977-79: VF-805.
*9/24/1979: Slid off the deck of the HMAS Melbourne east of Australia when heavy seas tilted the deck unexpectedly, broke chains when aircraft was being repositioned.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154908
*8/8/1967: First flight.
*8/1967: Transferred to the Australian Navy.
*VF-805 as 887.
*7/1984: Transferred to the New Zealand AF as NZ-6214.
*1987: 2 Squadron.
*2001: 75 Squadron.
*10/2001: Put into storage at Woodbourne AB.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154909
*Transferred to the Australian Navy.
*VF-805.
*5/23/1979: Fell into the sea off New South Wales off HMAS Melbourne after an arrestor gear failure.

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk/Bu. 154910
*Transferred to the Australian Navy as 889.
*VF-805.
*11/8/1973: Ditched into the sea off Singapore after a bad launch off HMAS Melbourne.

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