JOHN HOPTON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 8060. McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk (N13-154908 c/n 13781) Royal Australian Navy
Photographed on HMAS Melbourne, Port Melbourne Victoria, Australia, September 18, 1971, by John Hopton

McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk

08/15/2008. This Skyhawk was produced under USN BuNo 154908 and was delivered to the RAN in November 1967, s/n N13-154908. It served with
VF-805 till that squadron was disestablished on July 2, 1982. It was withdrawn from service in June 1983 and was sold in July 1984 to New Zealand, after it was refurbished to an A-4K it served as NZ6214 with the RNZAF till 2001.

Created August 15, 2008