Aircraft: A-4C Custodian: VA-153 BuNo: 149574 Modex: NL-306 Location: USS Coral Sea WestPac - Vietnam Date: 24 MAR 1965 Photo credit: U.S. Navy Photo by PH1 James F. Falk Contact: G. Verver Description: The Catapult Officer signals "launch" and a Blue Tail Flies Skyhawk starts down the flight deck, during operations in the South China Sea. The plane is being launched from the carrier's starboard catapult. On 25 JUN 1965 BuNo 149574 was lost to AAA fire over Vietnam. CVW-15 CAG, and former VA-153 C.O., CDR Peter Mongilardi was KIA.