Four U.S. Navy Douglas AD-1 <i>Skyraider</i> from Attack Squadron VA-3B in flight, with their dive breaks extended. VA-3B was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Franklin D. Roosevelt</i> (CVB-42) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 13 September 1948 to 23 January 1949. During that cruise, VA-3B was redesignated VA-44, in October 1948.
U.S. Navy
1948
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