Navy pilot J. Andrew Burnett

Item

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Digital Object Identifier

363-02725

Title

Navy pilot J. Andrew Burnett

Description

Original caption: "Carrier Air Wing Nine Aviators pounded the KEP Airfield 37 miles Northeast of Hanoi, this morning. Their bombs destroyed four MIG's parked in ground revetments. Strike leader CDR. J. Andrew Burnett, of Jacksonville, Florida, executive officer of attack squadron 113 from the USS Enterprise, complimented the group's performance he said 'It was the prettiest job in a major strike I've seen. The section leaders, the wingman...everybody... did a perfect job.' A4 Skyhawks From his squadron served both as flak suppressors and as bombers." An American Navy pilot in uniform walks toward the camera.

Date

1967, May 21

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Sailors; Air pilots; United States. Navy; MiG (Fighter planes); Skyhawk (Jet attack plane); Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CVA(N) 65); Fighter plane combat

Location

Hanoi, North Vietnam

Coordinates

21.0278; 105.8342

Size

15 x 22 cm

Container

B146, F3

Format

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Navy

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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