A-4 Skyhawk -5

AceFlyboy1 says: ‘COMMENTS’ facility is not available............. Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk 145023 VMA-533 'Night Hawks'. Side number 3 Tail code ED US Marine Corps......................................................... Side number 7 may be A4D-2 Skyhawk 144981 Here are two pictures of it:............................................ a4skyhawk.org/content/144981-vma-533-ron-brick-964 Side number 9 may be A4D-2 Skyhawk 144985 a4skyhawk.org/content/144985-vma-533-naval-aviation-news-... Three pictures including A4D-2 Skyhawk 145023 among others of VMA-533: www.vma533.org/ www.vma533.org/olld_photos.htm www.vma533.org/L%20A%20%20Potter%20(RR).jpg L L Potter Roosevelt Roads 1960 VMA-533 'Night Hawks' side number 3 Possibly A4D-2 Skyhawk 145023 a4skyhawk.org/content/145023-vma-553-photo-dick-pitman-br... A4D-2 Skyhawk 145023 VMA-553 Modex: ED-3 Location: air-to-air. Date: 1960 Photo Credit: photo by Dick Pitman via Bruce Hasse Nighthawks Diamomd formation of (cw from top) BuNo 145030, ED-6, BuNo 145047, ED-12, BuNo 145023, ED-3 BuNo 145053, ED-18, around VAP-63 Skywarrior BuNo 144827, GB-10....... a4skyhawk.org/content/145023-vma-553-photo-dick-pitman-br... A4D-2 Skyhawk 145023 VMA-553 Modex: ED-3 air-to-air Date: 1960 Photo Credit: photo by Dick Pitman via Bruce Hasse Nighthawks Diamond formation of (L-R) BuNo 145023, ED-3, BuNo 145053, ED-18, BuNo 145030, ED-6 BuNo 145047, ED-12, refueling VAP-63 Skywarrior BuNo 144827, GB-10....... Short operational history courtesy of the ‘A-4 Skyhawk Association’: a4skyhawk.org/4e/vma533/vma533-a4-unit-assign.htm A4D-2/A-4B 145023 C/N 12269........................... 17 June 1959 – Bureau of Aeronautics Representative, Douglas Aircraft El Segundo Division California – accepted by US Navy........................................... 9 July 1959 - VMA-533 - MCAS Cherry Point, NC... 31 May 1960 – VMA-533 – NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 22 September 1960 - VMA-533 - MCAS Cherry Point, NC.................................................................. 28 February 1961 – VMA-533 – NS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico....................................................... 11 April 1961 - VMA-533 - MCAS Cherry Point, NC...... 30 November 1961 – VMA-533 – NS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.......................................................... 28 February – 16 August 1962 - VMA-533 - MCAS Cherry Point, NC.................................................. 30 November 1962 – VMA-533 – NAS Key West Florida, ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ & Redesignated A-4B.............................................. 31 July 1963 - VMA-533 – NS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.................................................................... 30 Dec 1963 – Struck Off – code 1AA1................. A-4B 145023 was sadly lost on Tuesday December 30, 1963......................................................................... a4skyhawk.org/4e/vma533/145023-crash.htm a4skyhawk.org/content/calvin-upchurch-smith-jr A4D-2 145023 C/N 12269 VMA-533 'Night Hawks' tail code ED MCAS Cherry Point North Carolina............................................................. Tuesday December 30, 1963: Lieutenant Calvin Upchurch Smith Jr. perished in A-4B BuNo 145023 in a crash four miles east of Englehard in six feet of water within Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. “The Robesonian Article” My respect to the pilot his family and friends

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USS Forrestal - A-4 Landing by Roger W

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Douglas A4D-2 "Skyhawk" of VMA-332, MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. by Robert Sullivan

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Douglas A4D-1 "Skyhawk" of VA-34 'Blue Blasters' (BuNo 139963) by Robert Sullivan

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