United States Navy - Douglas A3D-1 Skywarrior 130356
United States Navy - Douglas A3D-1 Skywarrior 130356 (msn 9257), seen with JATO bottles fitted for trials. (Note: JATO became superfluous with development of the high-powered steam catapults in the early 1950s). 29 July 1954: First flight. July 1954: Delivered to the United States Navy.1954: Naval Air Test Centre (NATC).August 1954: Converted to YA3D-1Q electronic reconnaissance aircraft.1956-58: Operations with VQ-2 with unit code JQ and call-sign 1'.16 October 1958: Crashed (on approach to Adana AB, Turkey or near Port Lyautey, Morocco, sources differ) 4 crewmen killed
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Adana Approach Bottles Call-sign Catapults Converted Crashed Crewmen Delivered Differ Electronic Fitted High-powered Jato Lyautey Reconnaissance Skywarrior Sources Superfluous Vq-2
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