Keywords: F-111B on USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) 23 July 1968.jpg A General Dynamics F-111B BuNo 151974 on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea CVA-43 on 23 July 1968 It was the only F-111B to perform carrier operations after completing arrestor proving tests at the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River Maryland USA in February 1968 It crash landed at NAS Point Mugu California USA on 11 October 1968 and was subsequently scrapped scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 214 US Navy cited as source 1968-07-23 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy General Dynamics F-111B Aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 |