File:F9F Cougars F2H Banshees AD Skyraiders on Oriskany deck.jpg

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English: Planes of Carrier Air Group Nineteen (CVG-19) aboard the carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) sometime between 1953 and 1955. The planes in the left foreground are Grumman F9F-6 Cougar fighters of fighter squadron VF-191 Satan's Kittens. To the right silver McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee fighters of VF-193 Ghost Riders are visible. In the background Douglas AD Skyraider attack planes are parked: AD-4E or AD-4NA of attack squadron VA-195 Dambusters on the left (tailcode "B"), and AD-4N night attack planes of composite squadron VC-35 Det. E on the right (tailcode "NR").[1]
Date circa 1953-1955
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USN photo scanned from Page 78 of the following book. Photo caption explicitly credits this as US Navy. Page 4, last line: "All photography and illustrations are courtesy of the U.S. Navy unless otherwise credited."

Burgess, Richard R. (2001) U.S. Naval Aviation, Levin, Hugh Lauter Associates, pp. 352pp
Author USN
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current14:52, 26 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:52, 26 December 20112,454 × 1,893 (1.86 MB)Cobatforlevels
23:25, 16 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:25, 16 June 20062,454 × 1,893 (742 KB)Makthorpe=== Licensing === Source: USN photo Scanned from Page 78 of the following book. Photo caption explicitly credits this as US Navy. * {{cite book | last = Burgess | first = Richard R. | coauthor=M. Hill Goodspeed | year = 2001 | title = U.S. Naval

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