Accident Douglas A-4D-5 Skyhawk 151022,
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Date:Sunday 5 December 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic A4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas A-4D-5 Skyhawk
Owner/operator:VA-56 US Navy
Registration: 151022
MSN: 13192
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:in the sea 80M from Kikai Island, Kagoshima -   Japan
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Ticonderoga
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft rolled of in the sea from carrier lifter. The aircraft was armed with a B43 nuclear bomb. The pilot, Ltjg Douglas M Webster, sunk toghether with aircraft and vanished in the sea.

Sources:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2006/apr/15/douglas-m-webster-he-acted-on-his-beliefs-says/?print
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Philippine_Sea_A-4_incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lFHjcMf3s4
http://www.jag.navy.mil/library/investigations/USS%20TICONDEROGA%2012%20AUG%2066.pdf

Revision history:

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