Keywords: USS Oriskany (CVA-34) fire 1966 A-4 on elevator.jpg A damaged U S Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk fighter from Attack Squadron VA-164 Ghost Riders Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 CVW-16 on the port elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CVA-34 off Vietnam on 26 October 1966 After a sailor accidentally ignited a flare in the forward hangar bay a fire erupted that killed 44 men The A-4E had been just brought up from the hangar deck U S Navy All Hands magazine February 1967 http //glewis us/Oriskany/All_Hands_Feb_67/ah196702 pdf 1966-10-26 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1966 USS Oriskany CVA-34 fire A-4E Skyhawk Attack Squadron 164 United States Navy |