| Date: 10 June 1967 |
| Aircraft type: A-4C Skyhawk |
| Serial Number: 145145 |
| Military Unit: VA-56 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Enterprise |
| Name(s): |
| Cdr Peter Woodbury Sherman (KIA) |
| The series of raids on the Van Dien SAM support depot continued. Cdr Sherman was the CO of VA-56 and was leading an Iron Hand flight in support of a raid on the depot. As Cdr Sherman and his wingman reached a point about 10 miles southwest of Hanoi they had to take evasive action to avoid numerous SAMs that had been fired at them. During the manoeuvring the wingman lost sight of his leader. No ejection was seen or SAR beeper heard but it was assumed that Cdr Sherman’s aircraft (call sign Champion 406) had been the victim of an SA-2 missile and that he had been killed. The remains of Cdr Sherman were eventually handed over by the Vietnamese on 19 January 1991. Pete Sherman had only taken over command of the Squadron on 17 March 1967. |
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