DCS World - A-4E - USN Pilot With More Sorties in Vietnam Than Any Other

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USS Oriskany suffered the highest loss rate of any US aircraft carriers in Vietnam War during its 1967-68 tour. It lost half of its airplanes and a third of its pilots. One of the pilots who was there would eventually make history by flying more combat sorties of the war than any other naval aviators. His name vas Lt Cdr Denis Weichman, he flew A-4 Skyhawks (and A-7 Corsairs in the late phase of the war) and he summed up no less than 625 combat missions. Being 6 foot 6 inches tall, he could barely squeeze into the cockpit of the 'Scooter' as A-4 Skyhawk was affectionately called. On 11 January 1968, Lt Cdr Weichman was involved in a mission in Laos, trying to stop North Vietnamese supply of war material to the insurgency in the South. This mission would prove to be much more eventful than most others he has flown.

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Sources:
- Peter Mersky - Osprey Combat Aircraft 69 - US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
https://ospreypublishing.com/us-navy-and-marine-corps-a-4-skyhawk-units-of-the-vietnam-war-1963-1973
- Peter Fey - Bloody Sixteen: The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War
https://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Sixteen-Oriskany-during-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B077F2W3M4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3V5FZ33PJ0X0S&keywords=bloody+sixteen&qid=1641396075&s=digital-text&sprefix=bloody+sixteen%2Cdigital-text%2C174&sr=1-1
- Peter E. Davies - Osprey Duel 104 - A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA
North Vietnam 1964–72
https://ospreypublishing.com/a-4-skyhawk-vs-north-vietnamese-aaa
- Peter Mersky, Norman W Birzer - Osprey Combat Aircraft 48 - US Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War
https://ospreypublishing.com/us-navy-a-7-corsair-ii-units-of-the-vietnam-war

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