Photograph of a Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider at a military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from the tail gun compartment of a Sikorsky (S-65A) HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter.Caption from donor: "HH-53 tail gun and A-1…
Photograph of a Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft of Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 [VMA(AW)-242], carrying 56 bombs while in flight over Vietnam, circa 1968-1969.
Photograph of a Grumman A-6 Intruder/Prowler aircraft (tail number 152936) of Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 [VMA(AW)-242] and a Lockheed KC-130 Hercules tanker during an aerial refueling procedure, Vietnam, circa 1968-1969. The A-6 is loaded…
Photograph of a destroyed Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1968-1969. Roy T. Church, who was five miles away when this aircraft was struck by an enemy missile, recalls listening to the plane's bombs…
Photograph of a heavily damaged Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft of Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242 [VMA(AW)-242], parked in a hangar at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1968-1969.
Photograph of several Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft parked on the deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16), circa 1966-1968. Another aircraft in the background approaches the carrier for a landing.
Photograph of the flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16), taken from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft, circa 1966-1968. Several flight deck crew members are working on the deck.
Photograph of two Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft (visible tail number 152933, nose numbers 815 and 503) of the United States Navy, parked at an unidentified airfield, possibly Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State, circa…
Photograph of a pilot in the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 (A2F) Intruder/Prowler aircraft, waiting on the tarmac at an unidentified airfield, circa 1965-1969. The pilot is wearing a helmet and oxygen mask.