ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192493
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Date: | Tuesday 3 December 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American OV-10A Bronco |
Owner/operator: | VMO-2 / MAG-16 USMC |
Registration: | 155411 |
MSN: | 305-22 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Quang Nam, 6 miles South West of Da Nang, South Vietnam -
Vietnam
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Da Nang AB, South Vietnam (DAD/VVNN) |
Destination airport: | Da Nang AB, South Vietnam (DAD/VVNN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:OV-10A Bu No 155411 of VMO‑2, MAG‑16, USMC, Marble Mountain. Destroyed in combat December 3 1968: believed shot down by ground fire/AAA at Quang Nam, 6 miles South West of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft caught fire and burned out. Both crew - 1st Lt Robert Lyon Norton and 1st Lt Robert Arthur Carney - believed MIA/KIA. They were later confirmed KIA, and their bodies recovered. They were both interned together at Arlington National Cemetary on July 1, 1969
Sources:
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http://web.archive.org/web/20160917114715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/OV_10_BRONCO.htm 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html 3.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dn/NortonRL02a.htm 4.
http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/38157/ROBERT-L-NORTON 5.
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=15150423 6.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rlnorton.htm 7.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/racarney.htm 8.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CarneyRA01a.htm 9.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15150386 10.
http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/7963/ROBERT-A-CARNEY Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2017 19:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
12-Feb-2020 12:54 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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