Keywords: A-1H on USS Coral Sea CVA-43 1961.jpg An U S Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider of attack squadron VA-152 Friendlies on the portside elevator on board the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea CVA-43 during the ship's Operational Readiness Inspection ORI off Hawaii 20 December 1961 VA-152 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 CVG-15 aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 12 December 1961 to 17 July 1962 This AD-6 A-1H was later passed on to the South Vietnamese Air Force Note the landing mirror in the background U S carriers originally operated two landing mirrors on both sides of the flight deck U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1999 272 011 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16003221 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16043395 1961-12-20 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-6 A-1H Skyraider Aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 Attack Squadron 152 United States Navy Optical landing systems Aircraft elevators |