ICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATION SQUADRONS—Volume I~~Page 133~~ 8 Jan 1980: The squadron’s commanding officer, Commander A. J. Lynch, and Lieutenant Charles J. Morrow were lost when their aircraft struck several parked planes during a night landing and careened into the sea.
ANTHONY J. LYNCH, Commander, USS Saratoga, 12 Jan 1979 to 08 Jan 1980
Vietnam War · US Navy · Commander
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Birth- Dec 16, 1936
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1955 - 1975Vietnam War
Conflict Period
Vietnam War
Rank
Commander
Branch
Navy
Served For
United States of America
Death- Jan 8, 1980-Age: 43 years
At SEA; abt. 100 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida
Equipment Malfunction; Plane Crash
Mother
Helen Thomas Lynch
Father
Anthony Roy Lynch
Gender
Male
Sources
Charles J Morrow
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