Shouldn't be too difficult to find out.Originally Posted by TARPSBird
With the canopy already jettisoned as he goes off the angle, I like to think he ejected safely. Did he?
NC
Found it:
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/A...es/A_7_USN.htm
VA‑93 USS Ranger, 9th May 1970, Buno 154555, A‑7B Corsair II, Lt. John J. Fleming ejected and survived!
Senior moment, LOL. I know that ejection website, I could've checked it myself. Thanks NC, glad he made it out OK.
This was posted on Facebook today, by Bill Short, the son of the pilot in this picture, CDR Short. Circa 1968.
This picture of a Corsair II trapping. I think it is a VA-66 Waldo's bird.
VA-12 "Kiss of Death"
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