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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4B Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:142922 USN
    Construction Number:11984
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4B sn 142922 USN cn 1198...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 142922.

    23 October 1958

    To VA-125.
    Markings added: NJ-584

    16 February 1959

    Transferred to VA-216.

    1 July 1959

    Transferred to VA-192, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31).

    25 May 1960

    Transferred to VA-23.

    3 April 1962

    Transferred to NAS Lemoore, CA.

    30 May 1962

    Transferred to VX-5.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as A-4B.

    20 October 1963

    Transferred to NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
    Operated with markings: 7L-86

    16 May 1964

    Crashed.
    LCdr. Milton Johnson, 35, in A-4B BuNo 142922 landed safely Saturday after a midair collision in the middle of the NAS Los Alamitos landing pattern. Joseph Pascal Niens, 42, a disabled student pilot, was killed after the tail of his single engine Ercoupe 415C, N3062H, was sheared off. Niens had taken off from Fullerton shortly before and had requested landing instructions from the tower at Orange Co. Airport. The collision occurred at 12.25 p.m. over Westminster, six miles SE of NAS Alamitos, as two Navy Reserve A4Ds piloted by Johnson and LCdr. L.W. Asquith approached the airfield. Johnson said he did not see the Ercoupe and the only thing he felt was a slight bump. The collision caused slight damage to his wings and flaps, and he was uninjured.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 November 1965

    Transferred to VA-125.
    Operated with markings: NJ-584

    3 October 1967

    Transferred to VC-1.

    19 May 1969

    Transferred to NARTU Norfolk, VA.

    20 May 1969

    Converted to a TA-4B.

    10 October 1969

    Transferred to NARF Jacksonville, FL.

    11 October 1969

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    May 1998

    Placed on display with Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo of Douglas A-4B Skyhawk, s/n 142922 mounted on a pole - advetising turn down to Tillamook Air Museum

    Circa 2014


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    4 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Tillamook, OR, U.S.A.

    10 September 2023


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Now taken from plinth and undergoing restoration
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    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Transportation Safety Board
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
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    Mike Henniger
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