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A-4E Skyhawk Model, US Navy, VA-192 - Hobby Master HA1413
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Description
Hobby Master Air Power Series Diecast Model
Douglas A-4 E Skyhawk - LCDR Michael J. Estocin, VA-192, USS Ticonderoga, U.S. Navy, April 1967
1:72 scale. Length: 6.75". Width: 4.75"
A-4E Skyhawk, Bu.No 151073, was flown by LCDR Michael J. Estocin of the VA-192 “Golden Dragons”. On April 20, 1967, Estocin led a Shrike anti-radar attack on Haiphong. His aircraft was damaged by a SAM, but he managed to return to the USS Ticonderoga. On April 26, 1967 he led another attack on Haiphong and again his aircraft was badly damaged by a SAM. With his aircraft burning he managed to fire his missiles at the target and then turn toward the sea. As he approached the coast his fiery aircraft rolled inverted and crashed. Another pilot said he didn’t see any sign of a parachute.
LCDR Estocin was considered MIA until November 10, 1977 when the Secretary of the Navy gave approval for a Presumptive Finding of Death. The cause of death was coded as “Hostile, Died While Captured”. Sadly his remains have never been repatriated. For his many actions during these two missions LCDR Estocin was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is the only Navy pilot to receive the MOH for actions performed during a combat mission. The USS Estocin was named after him.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was a carrier capable light-attack bomber designed for the US Navy and Marine Corp. First flown in June 1954, the A-4s combat career began with carrier-launched raids over North Vietnam in 1964. The Navy began removing A-4 's from its front-line squadrons in 1967, with the last one retired in 1975. The Marine Corps retired the Skyhawk in June, 1994.
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