File:A4D-2 VA-66 CVA-11 loft bomb practice NAN12-59.jpg
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| Description | A Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk (BuNo 142760) of attack squadron VA-66 Waldomen, Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6), during a loft bombing practice. The A4D is flipping over for a fast get-away after discharging a bomb during readiness practice exercises while operating with the Sixth Fleet in the Meditterrannean. VA-66 was flying from the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVA-11). A4D-2 (A-4B) 142760 was later sold to Argentina as an A-4P, Argentine serial C-234. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News December 1959 [1]; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.4705 |
| Author | USN |
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| current | 11:10, 9 February 2013 | | 1,510 × 1,130 (703 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | NMNA photo |
| 15:09, 7 March 2008 |  | 562 × 368 (75 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=A Douglas A4D-2 ''Skyhawk'' (BuNo 142760) of attack squadron VA-66 ''Waldomen'', ''Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6)'', during a loft bombing practice. VA-66 was flying from the aircraft carrier ''USS Intrepid (CVA-11)''. A3D-2 (A-4B) |
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