AceFlyboy1 says:
I like the composition.
The various aircraft shapes from right foreground to left center lead the viewer in very well.There are several differing forms and items of interest to hold the viewer.
The figures are captured in action positions from down below kneeling to climbing to standing up atop a plane.
The forms roll your eye around the picture.
The spindly radar antenna and aerials mounted above the control island complete this complex scene.
AceFlyboy1 says:
Wooden flight deck of
USS Ticonderoga CVA-14.
On left are five A-4F Skyhawk
Modex left to right - A-4F; 306, (VA-232)
2?5, (VA-192) 2?2, (VA-192) 207 (VA-192)
and 2?3 (VA-192).
One VA-195 A-4C in background. , Modex 50? with 51? on tail.
Right foreground F-8E Crusader.
VF-191 'Satan's Kittens' Modex 120 .
CVW-19 (tail code NM)
CVA-14 USS TICONDEROGA
Between Dec.28th 1967 and Aug.17th 1968 (Vietnam War)
Following squadrons as part of air wing:
Modex range… Squadron……………… Aircraft
100…to….112: VF-191 'Satan's Kittens'….F-8E
200…to…215: VA-192 'Golden Dragons'.. A-4F
00, 300 to 315: VA-23 'Black Knights'……..A-4F
400…to….415: VF-194 'Red Lightnings'…F-8E
500…to….515: VA-195 ' Dambusters'…... A-4C
AceFlyboy1 says:
Nine A-4 Skyhawk &
one A-1 Skyraider type.
CVS-11 USS INTREPID via Atlantic Ocean,
Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean
for Vietnam War.
Between May 11th & Dec.30th 1967.
CVW-10 tail code AK.
A-4 Skyhawk squadrons of air wing were:
Modex range..Squadron…………….. Aircraft
100-116…….. VSF-3. ‘Chessmen’….A-4B
00, 200-216… VA-15. ’ Valions’……. .A-4C
300-316…….. VA-34. ‘Blue Blasters’ .A-4C
Last four 2742 is A-4B Bu No 142742.
Mediterranean 23rd May 1967
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