File:Douglas AD-5W Skyraider of VAW-13 Det.N in flight, 1960.jpg
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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (BuNo 135187) of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13 (VAW-13) Det. N "Zappers" in flight. VAW-13 Det. N was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 17 May to 18 December 1960. 135187 was later retired as the last U.S. Navy AD-5W (then deignated EA-1E), in 1967. It was then stripped of its electonic equipment and transferred to the U.S. Air Force as A-1E 52-135187. It served with the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, and was shot down by small arms fire over Plain of Jars, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, on 30 September 1971. Both crew (1st Lt. George Wayne Kamenicky, Capt H. Ramsay Vincent) were killed. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hornet (CVS-12) 1960 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
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| current | 15:09, 12 March 2018 | | 1,063 × 671 (381 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1=A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-5W ''Skyraider'' (BuNo 135187) of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13 (VAW-13) Det. N "Zappers" in flight. VAW-13 Det. N was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS ''Hornet'' (CVS-12) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 17 May to 18 December 1960.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv12-60/244.htm] from the [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv12-60/index_018.htm USS ''Hornet'' (CVS-12) 1960 cruise book] available at [http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html Navysite.de] |Date=1960 |Author=U.S. Navy |Permission= |other_versions= }} =={{int:license-header}}== {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} Category:AD-5W (EA-1E) Skyraider Category:Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (United States Navy) |
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