File:USS Oriskany (CVA-34) fire 1966 A-4 on elevator.jpg
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| Description | A damaged U.S. Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk fighter from Attack Squadron VA-164 Ghost Riders, Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) on the port elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off Vietnam on 26 October 1966, after a sailor accidentally ignited a flare in the forward hangar bay a fire erupted that killed 44 men. The A-4E had been just brought up from the hangar deck. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine, February 1967 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 17:26, 1 December 2010 | | 398 × 503 (105 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A damaged U.S. Navy Douglas A-4E ''Skyhawk'' fighter from Attack Squadron VA-164 ''Ghost Riders'', Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) on the port elevator of the aircraft carrier USS ''Oriskany'' (CVA-34) |
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