September 9, 1965:
CDR (later VADM) James B. Stockdale, Commander Air Wing 16, was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire while flying with VA-164 in A-4E Skyhawk BuNo. 151134 on a combat mission over North Vietnam. Stockdale spent 7+ years as a Prisoner Of War until his release in early 1973.
Photo by Stephen Roy