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Date: 4 July 1968
Aircraft type: A-4F Skyhawk
Serial Number: 155002
Military Unit: VA-192
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Ticonderoga
Name(s):
Cdr Francis Joseph Almberg (Survived)

Aircraft type: F-8E Crusader
Serial Number: 149165
Military Unit: VF-194
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Ticonderoga
Name(s):
Lt(jg) John Frederick Strahm (Survived)

When returning from a combat mission an A-4 and an F-8 practised air-to-air combat over the Gulf of Tonkin. During the manoeuvring, the two aircraft collided and both pilots had to eject from their damaged aircraft.

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