Description: This is a AP Wirephoto with attached news item from March 1960. The photo shows the crash site of a U.S. Navy Douglas Skyraider plane in Coronado California. The photo measures 10" x 8". News item reads;CORONADO, Calif., March 29--FIGHT FOR LIFE-- Navy firemen spray foam on burning plane wreckage on Southern California beach at Coronado in an effort to save the Skyraider's pilot, Lt. (j.g.) Neal Nossaman, 29. He was pulled from the wreckage alive but died on the way to the hospital. The plane crashed just after takeoff. (APWirephoto) 1960 The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in frontline service well into the Jet Age (when most piston-engine attack or fighter aircraft were replaced by jet aircraft); thus becoming known by some as an "anachronism". The aircraft was nicknamed "Spad", after the French World War I fighter.It was operated by the United States Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the United States Air Force (USAF), and also saw service with the British Royal Navy, the French Air Force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), and others. It remained in U.S. service until the early 1970s. Fast, safe and reasonable shipping with tracking.
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Antique: Yes
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1960
Image Orientation: Landscape
Image Color: Black & White
Features: Press Photograph
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Production Technique: Wirephoto
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Aircraft
Vintage: Yes
