| Date: 14 January 1967 |
| Aircraft type: A-4C Skyhawk |
| Serial Number: 145087 |
| Military Unit: VA-56 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Enterprise |
| Name(s): |
| Lt Cdr Arthur Kasimir Tyszkiewicz (KIA) |
| Aircraft type: A-4C Skyhawk |
| Serial Number: 147724 |
| Military Unit: VA-56 |
| Service: USN |
| Home Base: USS Enterprise |
| Name(s): |
| Lt(jg) Karl Alfred Vogeler III (Survived) |
| The USS Enterprise returned off the coast of Vietnam on 18 December 1966 to commence its second cruise of the war. The ship had been conducting operations safely for almost a month before it lost its first aircraft of the cruise. During a night combat mission over Laos the wingman of a section of Skyhawks overran his leader and collided. Both aircraft crashed but only one pilot survived and he was rescued by a USAF UH-1F of the 20th Helicopter Squadron. |
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