Three Douglas AD-3 <i>Skyraider</i> from Attack Squadron VA-174 vanking for a turn, out of Naval Auxillary Air Station Cecil Field Florida (USA). Pilots: 410, Lt(jg) Farley; 412 Ens. G.W. Lockwood; 416 Ens T.E. Daum. in the late 1940s. Note the extended dive brakes on the aircraft in the foreground. The tail code "R" indicates that VA-174 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVAG/CVG-17).
USN
late 1940s
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News June 1950 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1950/jun50.pdf">[1]</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery.php">U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> photo No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=16002130&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">1996.253.2857</a>