F-8 Crusader taking off

Item

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363-02406.jpg
Digital Object Identifier
363-02406
Title
F-8 Crusader taking off
Description
Original caption: "An F-8 Crusader, mounted with sophisticated aerial photographic equipping underneath its fuselage, is launched from the attack aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in Tonkin Gulf. Photographs taken by this supersonic jet will provide pilots with reconnaissance data on military targets in North Vietnam." Navy plane taking off from an aircraft carrier.
Date
1967, Aug. 30
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Aircraft carriers; United States. Navy; Crusader (Jet fighter plane); Jet fighter planes
Location
North Vietnam
Coordinates
21.0278; 105.8342
Size
20 x 25 cm
Container
B147, F1
Format
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
United States. Air Force
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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Item sets
Keever
keever - 1967