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Description Four U.S. Navy aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVA-18) in 1951/52. The first and last aircraft are Douglas AD-4 Skyraiders, the first being the personal aircraft of the Carrier Air Group Commander ("CAG") while the other aircraft are the planes of the squadron commanders (front to back): next to the AD-4 of the CAG flies a McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee of fighter squadron VF-12 Flying Ubangis; then a Vought F4U-4 Corsair of VF-14 Top Hatters; finally an AD-4 of attack squadron VA-15 Valions.
Date between 1951 and 1952
date QS:P,+1951-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1951-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1952-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source U.S. Navy publication Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1: The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons, Chapter 2 Attack Squadron Histories for VA-1E to VA-23 [1]
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