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| Date: | Tuesday 20 July 1965 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American RA-5C Vigilante |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 151619 |
| MSN: | NA283-25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Independence -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Independence |
Arrester cable broke while landing on USS Independence operating in Gulf of Tonkin. Aircraft went into the water and sank. Both crew, Cmdr Valentin G. Matula (41) and Lt Karl E. Gronquist, were lost.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
Youngstown Vindicator 21 July 1965, p46
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2012 08:53 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:49 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jan-2022 20:35 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2022 16:36 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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