A Douglas AD-4 <i>Skyraider</i> (BuNo 123873) of attack squadron VA-35 <i>Black Panthers</i>, <i>Carrier Air Group Three (CVG-3)</i>, landing on the aircraft carrier <i>USS Leyte (CV-32)</i> during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in 1952. The plane missed the arresting cables, hit the barrier, and escaped with only slight damage. The structure in the background is the after 5 in (12.7 cm)/L38 twin turret.
Robert Carey
1952
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