<p>Aircraft of the U.S. Navy Air Task Group 201 (ATG-201) in flight. ATG-201 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS <i>Bennington</i> (CVA-20) for her voyage around South America from 8 September to 20 October 1955 and for the subsequent deployment to the Western Pacific from 31 October 1955 to 16 April 1956. Visible are the following aircraft (right to left):<br></p>
<ul><li>a Douglas AD-5W(?) <i>Skyraider</i> from Composite Squadron 12 (VC-12) Det. 30 "Bats"; (note: the aircraft more looks like an AD-6);</li>
<li>a AD-5N from VC-33 Det. 30 "Night Hawks";</li>
<li>a AD-6 from Attack Squadron 105 (VA-105) "Mad Dogs";</li>
<li>a McDonnell F2H-4 <i>Banshee</i> of VC-4 Det. 30 "Nightcappers";</li>
<li>a Grumman F9F-5 <i>Panther</i> from VA-36 "Roadrunners";</li>
<li>a F9F-5P from VC-62 Det. 30 "Fighting Photos";</li>
<li>a F8F-8 <i>Cougar</i> from Fighter Squadron 13 (VF-13) "Night Cappers".</li></ul>
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circa 1956 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1956-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv20-55/090.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv20-55/index_017.htm">USS <i>Bennington</i> (CVA-20) 1954-1955 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>