File:F3H-2 VF-14 CVA-42 NAN4-61.jpg

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Description A McDonnell F3H-2 (F-3B) Demon (BuNo 145292) of fighter squadron VF-14 Top Hatters awaits its turn on the catapult of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in 1959/60. VF-14 was assigned to Carrier Air Group One (CVG-1) for four deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the Roosevelt between 1959 and 1963, before the squadron converted to the McDonnell F-4B Phantom II. A Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk has just been launched from the starboard catapult, while another is waiting on the port catapult to be launched.
Date 1959/60
Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News April 1961 [1]
Author USN

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