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| Keywords: Rescue of VA-55 pilot off Vietnam in 1968.JPG Sequence showing the rescue of U S Navy Lt D J Wright of Attack Squadron VA-55 Warhorses off the coast of Vietnam on 23 September 1968 Wright's Douglas A-4F Skyhawk BuNo 155011 NP-511 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and he had to eject l-r top row 1 Lt Wright descending after ejecting from his plane; 2 A-4F 155011 hitting the water; 3 Lt Wright hitting the water; l-r lower row 4 Lt with in his life raft; Lt Wright being rescued by a helicopter of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron HC-7 Seadevils ; U S Navy aircraft hitting a North Vietnamese gun site that was firing on the rescue site <br>VA-55 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 CVW-21 aboard the Hancock for a deployment to Vietnam from 18 July 1968 to 3 March 1969 U S Navy photos http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/063 htm http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/064 htm from the http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/cv19-69/index_004 htm USS Hancock CVA-19 1968-69 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de 1968-09-23 D M Sumner VA-55 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Combat Search and Rescue in the Vietnam War Vietnam War in 1968 Attack Squadron 55 United States Navy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 7 United States Navy | ||||
