Fourteen U.S. Navy Douglas AD-2 <i>Skyraider</i>s of Attack Squadron VA-114 in flight over Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), in 1949. VA-114 had been established as Bombing Squadron VB-11 on 10 October 1942 and was first land-based on Guadalcanal in 1942-43. In 1944-45 it served on the USS <i>Hornet</i> (CV-12), after the Second World War its parent Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) was assigned to the USS <i>Valley Forge</i> (CV-45). The unit received the AD-2 in December 1948 but was already disestablished on 1 December 1949.<br>Note: The Naval Aviation News identifies the squadron as VA-115, but VA-114 had the tail code "V-4XX", VA-115 had "V-5XX".
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<p>U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News July 1951 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1951/Jul51.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=16035599&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">1996.253.2667</a>
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