File:USS Hancock (CVA-19) flight deck looking aft in 1957.jpg

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English: View of the aft flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19). In front is a Douglas AD-5N Skyraider (BuNo 132490) from All-Weather Attack Squadron 35 (VA(AW)-35) Det.I "Night Hecklers" followed by five Douglas AD-6/-7 Skyraider from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) "Warhorses". Three McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee (BuNo 127586, 127619, 127625) from Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron VMF(AW)-214 "Black Sheep" are parked on the egde of the flight deck. The squadrons were assigned to Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) aboard Hancock for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 6 April to 18 September 1957.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) 1957 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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