F-4J VMFA-451 USS Forrestal
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:33 am
the USS Forrestal is perhaps best known for the fires and explosions
which rocked the vessel following a short circuit in a Zuni missle pod
while steaming in the Bay of Tolkin, July 1967. 134 sailors were killed
Gerald Farrier, a fire control officer was one of them.
footage of his brave attempt to control the fires was captured by the
ship's deck cam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Bjtw64RPw
he is seen coming into the frame 25 seconds from the beginning of the footage, carrying a hand held fire extinguisher,
which he has the presence of mind to test fire before attempting to put out the A-4 engulfed in flames
Farrier perished in the first explosion from bombs which cooked off under the A-4's pylons.
His body was never found.
3775 was destroyed in a crash landing at MCAS Yuma AZ following a mid air collision with F-4 153778 in 1977