Three U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas AD-4W <i>Skyraider</i> from Composite Squadron VC-11 Det.1 in flight. VC-11 Det.1 was assigned to Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 1 December 1953 to 12 July 1954.
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circa 1954 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1954-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-53/226.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-53/index_023.htm">USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) 1953-54 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>