Keywords: RF-8A of VFP-63 landing on USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in 1963.jpg A U S Navy Vought RF-8A Crusader BuNo 146861 of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 Det B Eyes of the Fleet landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga CVA-14 VFP-63 Det B was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 CVW-5 aboard the Ticonderoga for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 January to 15 July 1963 <br> 146861 later collided with an F-8J BuNo 150299 of Fighter Squadron VF-24 over the Gulf of Tonkin while getting ready to refuel from a tanker on 5 September 1972 Th pilot ejected and was rescued U S Navy photo http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv14-63/042 htm from the http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv14-63/index_003 htm USS Ticonderoga CVA-14 1963 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de 1963 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy RF-8 Crusader Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 United States Navy Aboard USS Ticonderoga CV-14 |