File:A-3B VAH-11 landing on USS Independence (CVA-62).jpeg

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Description	A U.S. Navy Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior (BuNo 138953) from Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-11 Checkertails landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62). VAH-11 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42). The photo was probably taken inthe Mediterranean Sea, where both carriers often operated during the early 1960s. Note the Piasecki HUP Retriever plane guard helicopter from Helicopter Utility Squadron HU-2 Fleet Angels which operated from the Independence until 1963.
Date	1960s date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source	U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.3726
Author	U.S. Navy

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