Thread: 1965, it was a mad, mad, mad , World, for sure. Priceless.

Not sure what the VC would have thought. I hope it scared the crap out of them, Bob


USS Midway VA-25's Toilet Bomb

Sadly, it appears CMDR Bill Stoddard didn't make it home, Bob

The following is information about how CDR Stoddard was shot down in 1966 and is taken from a memorial in Atlanta, Georgia. This information is courtesy of Lt Christopher Stoddard, USMC, the grandson of CDR Stoddard.

---On 14 September 1966, while Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 25 (VA25) embarked in the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43), CDR Stoddard was leading a two-plane bombing mission over North Vietnam searching for enemy truck convoys. Near the village of Nghi Thiet, his radar detection system warned him of enemy missile activity. Taking evasive action, he withdrew over the Gulf of Tonkin before his aircraft, a single engine, propeller driven, A-1 Skyraider, was struck by enemy surface-to-air missiles. CDR Stoddard was initially listed as Missing In Action. His status was changed in 1973 to Killed In Action.