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Skyhawk Related Personnel Losses


USN / USMC A-4 Skyhawk Related -

Killed In Action, Missing In Action,

Operational Losses, Prisoners Of War,

Wounded In Action, Combat Recoveries

and Operations Recoveries - 1954 >>


This page provides background information for searching for both Skyhawk Aircraft Losses, as well as Skyhawk Crew Losses.
Method One: Casualty Record Page.
Method Two: Utilize the "Search" button at the upper right of the page. Enter a Skyhawk BuNo, an aircraft pilot/crew-member's name, an aircraft's unit assignment, an aircraft loss date or another very relative series of words for the incident involved.
Contact the webmaster@a4skyhawk.org if you find data that is incorrect or missing.


Loss categories:
  • K/MIA = KIA-MIA
  • OL = OPS Loss
  • POW = POW (Note that POWs that died in captivity may be listed under K/MIA.
  • WIA = WIA
  • CR = Combat Recovery
  • OR = OPS Recovery
  • NSCL = Non-A-4 Sortie Crew Loss

Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky.
Be with them always in the air,
In darkening storms or sunlight fair;
Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air!
Eternal Father, Strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep
It's own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee,
for those in peril on the sea

"There is no such thing as a bad day when there is a door knob on the inside."
Former Vietnam Prisoner-Of-War & A-4 Skyhawk Pilot, Paul E. Galanti.


Fair Winds & Following Seas to all,

and Semper Fi!





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