Mercury MR-3 Flight Freedom 7 Recovery; Military, USA, Navy, Aircraft Carriers, CV-39 Lake Champlain; Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider Family; Grumman S-2 (S2F) Tracker Family. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

View of press corps selected to be aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) during the Mercury MR-3 Flight Freedom 7 Recovery mission, May 5, 1961 posed in front of a Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider; Grumman S-2 (S2F) Tracker visible at left. [Note: many of the people in the photograph have signed the reverse of this print. See image of reverse for additional information.]

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aircraft carriers
  • Space flight
  • Naval aviation
  • Aeronautics
  • Astronautics
  • Airplanes

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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photographer

U.S. Navy

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Date

5/5/1961

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-9A14504