File:Douglas F4D-1 Skyray landing on USS Forrestal (CVA-59) on 19 April 1956.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas F4D-1 Skyray (BuNo 130747) assigned to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (USA), landing on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 19 April 1956. Forrestal had just completed her shakedown cruise on 31 March and the first F4D-1 was delivered to an operational U.S. Navy squadron on 16 April 1956.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo K-20095 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Gordon, U.S. Navy

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