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A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-7 Skyraider from Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95) "Green Lizards" takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61). VA-95 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 11 August 1961 to 8 March 1962.

142048 was later transferred to the U.S. Air Force as 52-142048. It served with the 602nd Air Commando Squadron, 56th Air Commando Wing, and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery 50 km west of the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam in Savannakhet Province, Laos, on 25 April 1968. The pilot bailed out and was rescued.
Date circa 1961
date QS:P,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Stan Abele Collection Image PictionID:37515280 - Catalog:Stan Abele Collection Image _00039 - Filename:Stan Abele Collection Image _00039.TIF - -----Image from the Stan Abele Special Collection. Stan was a Navy pilot in the Second World War who survived the attack on the USS Bunker Hill----------PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.-----------------SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
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Other versions U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ranger (CVA-61) 1961-1962 cruise book available at Navysite.de

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