File:Aircraft on flight deck of USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) in 1964.jpg

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U.S. Navy aircraft of Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33). Visible are (l-r): A Douglas EA-1E Skyraider (BuNo 139584) of Airborne Ealry Warning Squadron VAW-11 Det.R "Early Eleven"; a Kaman UH-2A Seasprite (BuNo 149739) of Helicopter Utility Squadron HU-1 Det.R "Pacific Fleet Angels"; and a Grumman S-2F Tracker of Anti-submarine Squadron VS-29 "Tromboners". All squadrons were assigned to CVSG-53 aboard the Kearsarge for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 19 June to 16 December 1964.

The EA-1E 139584 was later converted to an A-1E attack plane and transferred to the U.S. Air Force as s/n 52-139584. It served with the 602nd Air Commando Squadron, 56th Air Commando Wing and was hit by flak near Ban Alao, Savannakhet Province (Laos), on 1 June 1968. The pilot tried to fly back to Nakhon Phanom air base (Thailand) but the engine failed. He bailed out and was rescued.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) 1964 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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