File:Douglas A-1H Skyraider VA-115 1967.jpg

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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 135305) from attack squadron VA-115 Arabs in 1967. VA-115 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 January to 22 July 1967. Following this deployment VA-115 was first inactive and then transitioned to the Grumman A-6A Intruder.
The A-1H 135305 was transferred to the U.S. Air Force and was shot down over Laos on 29 September 1968 while in service with the 6th Special Operations Squadron. The pilot, Captain Wayne E. Newberry, was killed.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.2707 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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