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| Keywords: RA-5C with lost canopy CV-64 1966.jpg A U S Navy North Americam RA-5C Vigilante BuNo 149313 of heavy reconnaissance squadron RVAH-6 Fleurs after an emergency landing on th aircraft carrier USS Constellation CVA-64 in the waters off Vietnam in 1966 The aircraft lost the aft canopy on a catapult shot The pilot was CDR Art Skelly and the RAN was LTJG Joe Shevlin The RA-5C 149313 had been built as an A-5B and was converted into an RA-5C It was retired to the MASDC as 4A0011 on 26 January 1971 <br>Note that the aircraft wears a green camouflage paint The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 15 CVW-15 with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle The results proved inconclusive for the U S Navy whereas the U S Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective U S Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 6421 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16007304 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16005687 1966 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante USS Constellation CV-64 flight deck Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 6 United States Navy | ||||
