Keywords: A-4 VA-34 USS Saratoga.jpg U S Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk BuNo 149603 of attack squadron VA-34 Blue Blasters Carrier Air Wing 3 CVW-3 taxies into position for launching aboard USS Saratoga CVA-60 1963-1966 <br>From May to December 1967 VA-34 was assigned to CVW-10 aboard the USS Intrepid CVS-11 for a deployment to Vietnam This A-4C 149603 side number AK 312 was shot down on 9 July 1967 by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile The pilot Lieutenant Commander E A Martin successfully ejected and became Prisoner of War U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 4699 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/objects/common/webmedia php irn 16005298 1963-1966 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4C Skyhawk Aboard USS Saratoga CV-60 Attack Squadron 34 United States Navy |