File:North American AJ Savage of VC-6 crashes aboard USS Yorktown (CVA-10), circa in 1954.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy North American AJ-2 Savage of Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) "Fleurs" crashes over the side of the aircraft carrier aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) during exercises off Japan. The crew was rescued. Yorktown, with assigned Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 1 July 1954 to 28 February 1955.
Date circa 1954
date QS:P,+1954-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Yorktown (CVA-10) 1954-1955 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current13:04, 27 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:04, 27 December 2017709 × 885 (329 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy North American AJ-2 ''Savage'' of Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) "Fleurs" crashes over the side of the aircraft carrier aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CVA-10) during exercises off Japan. Th...