File:USS Midway (CVA-41) at Cape Town in 1955.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) at Cape Town, South Africa. Midway, with assigned Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1), circumnavigated the globe between 27 December 1954 and 14 July 1955. Ten Douglas AD-6 Skyraider of Attack Squadron VA-15 "Valions" and a single Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever of Helicopter Utility Squadron HU-2 Det.35 "Fleet Angels" are parked on the forward flight deck.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Midway (CVA-41) 1955 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current22:12, 1 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 22:12, 1 February 2014886 × 635 (384 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Midway'' (CVA-41) at Cape Town, South Africa. ''Midway'', with assigned Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1), circumnavigated the globe between 27 December 1954 and 14 July 1...