A-4_CVA-63_Mar1966.jpg
Summary
Description A-4 CVA-63 Mar1966.jpg |
English:
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C
Skyhawk
(BuNo 149495) of attack squadron VA-113
Stingers
landing on the aircraft carrier USS
Kitty Hawk
(CVA-63) in March 1966. VA-113 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the
Kitty Hawk
for a deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966.
During that deployment, the A-4C 149495 was lost after having been damaged by flak over North Vietnam on 20 April 1966. The pilot, Lt.(jg) Harry G. Welch, could fly back to the Kitty Hawk but had to eject and was rescued. |
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Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] / [2] available at Navsource.org |
Author | USN |
Licensing
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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