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Douglas AD-7 Skyraider of VA-96 in flight, circa in 1957.jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-7 Skyraider (BuNo 142076) of Attack Squadron 96 (VA-96) in flight. VA-96 was assigned to Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 9 August 1957 to 2 April 1958. Note that the aircraft carries a Mark 7 nuclear bomb.
  • 142076 was transferred to the U.S. Air Force in May 1968. It was written off following combat damage and a crash landing in March 1972 while being assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron.
Date circa 1957
date QS:P,+1957-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) 1957-1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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