A Royal Navy Blackburn <i>Buccaneer</i> S.2 from 809 Naval Air Squadron, assigned to HMS <i>Ark Royal</i> (R09), aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Franklin D. Roosevelt</i> (CVA-42). The <i>FDR</i>, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 6, was deployed to the Mediteranean Sea from 15 February to 11 December 1972.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv42-72/004.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv42-72/index_002.htm">USS <i>Franklin D. Roosevelt</i> (CVA-42) 1972 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>