Douglas AD-4N Skyraider of VC-3 at Yonpo Airfield, Korea, 22 November 1950

A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4N Skyraider (BuNo 1241420) of Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det.D "Blue Nemesis" at Yonpo Airfield (K-27) Korea, 22 November 1950. It carried U.S. Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews and accompanying staff to Yonpo airfield. VC-3 Det. D was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) for a deployment to Korea from 5 July 1950 to 26 May 1951. Yonpo Airfield had to be abandoned three weeks later due to advancing North Korean/Chinese troops.

Date

1950-11-22

Photographer / author

U.S. Navy (screenshot from U.S. Navy film "SECNAV FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS TOURS THE FAR EAST", 428-NPC-44)

Archive

U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

image

Original size

1,247 × 892 pixels

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