Re: Intruder loss - 1/10/73

[Danny152]

Hiya,

Not my normal sort of post but trying to find info Squadron reports and what do they all mean terms in the text, etc on a intruder loss.

May 1972–Feb 1973: The Squadron was deployed on USS Midway and support Linebacker 1 & 2 operations primarily in North Vietnam. This included day & night interdiction and strike missions, as well as Alpha strikes. It also participated in the first three days of the December bombing campaign of Haiphong. (This was the Navy’s longest combat cruise.)


Info below:

Intruder shot down 1 Oct 1973.

The crewmen whose names are on the Midway A-6 Intruder, LT Mike
'Mondo' McCormick pilot and LTJG Alan 'Arlo' Clark, were attached to Navy
A-6 Attack Squadron 115.

An A-6 Intruder on display on the deck of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego with these pilots names on


Thanks Danny.

[Chris Goss]

Is one of your questions Linebacker?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker

& Alpha Strikes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_s...ed_States_Navy)

If so , just Google!

[Danny152]

Hiya Chris,

Thanks, great definition on the Alpha strikes and a great help! Hope all is good.

Cheers,

Danny

[Stig Jarlevik]

Danny

I am puzzled by the dates etc in your e-mail.

Lt Michael McCormick and Lt(jg) Robert Allan Clark were both KIA on Jan 9th 1973 in their A-6A 155693. Unit VA-115.

From where does Oct 1st come from? By that time there were no US Naval air units in Vietnam Waters as far as I know.

Best Regards
Stig

[Leendert]

Stig,

It's the everlasting confusion how in the US the date is represented as compared with most of the rest of the world.
The loss of crew and A-6 was indeed in the night of 9/10 January 1973, or 9 or 10/1/1973, but in the US this would easily be 1/10/1973. The memorial on the USS Midway gives the date Jan. 10, 1973. or 1/10/1973 in US usage.

Regards,

Leendert