File:USS Oriskany (CVA-34) fire 1966 A-4s on flight deck.jpeg

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Description	Damaged U.S. Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk fighters of Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off Vietnam on 26 October 1966, after a sailor accidentally ignited a flare in the forward hangar bay a fire erupted that killed 44 men. Visible are A-4Es of Attack Squadrons VA-163 "Saints" and VA-164 "Ghost Riders" which had been brought up from the hangar deck.
Date	26 October 1966
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.226.076; official U.S. Navy photo USN 1121680 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command.
Author	U.S. Navy

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