| 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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