<p>A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 142819) of Marine Attack Squadron 324 (VMA-324) "Vagabonds" is prepared for launching aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CVA-43). VMA-324 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15) from November 1960 to March 1961 aboard the <i>Coral Sea</i> during the carrier's deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 September 1960 to 27 May 1961.<br></p>
The A4D-2 (A-4B) 142819 was later sold to Singapore and finally written off in 1983.
U.S. Navy
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196304.pdf">April 1963</a>, p. 23.