ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158686
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| Date: | Sunday 11 June 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman A-6A Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | VMA(AW)-224 USMC |
| Registration: | 154145 |
| MSN: | I-280 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nam Dinh, Nam Ha Province, North Vietnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), off coast of Vietnam |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Operation Linebacker was in full swing when Captain Roger Wilson and Captain Bill Angus were hit while conducting flak suppression near Nam Dinh, North Vietnam on June 11,1972. The aircraft's port wing separated as the pilot tried to pull out of his dive, resulting in the A-6 ('NL-502/BuNo 154145) immediately going out of control and crashed in a lake on the north edge of the city of Nam Dinh, Nam Ha Province, North Vietnam
Both men ejected, and although Wilson was killed, Captain William Kerr Angus (MCSN: 0-106720), United States Marine Corps, was held as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam from November 6, 1972 until his release on March 28, 1973 as part of Operation Homecoming. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Camp Pendleton, California, and then left active duty on January 5, 1974, remaining in the inactive reserve until January 29, 1979.
Sources:
1. A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War By Rick Morgan
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
4. http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/bio2.cgi?bio=W117
5. http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/bio2.cgi?bio=A075
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
7. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/27721
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Aug-2013 08:33 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 20-Aug-2013 08:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2016 17:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2019 22:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2020 06:47 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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