Keywords: AD-4NA Skyraiders of VA-822 in flight over Louisiana.jpg Two U S Naval Air Reserve Unit Louisiana Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider BuNo 126986 127002 of Attack Squadron VA-822 in flight They were flying near Pecan Island in the Gulf of Mexico to drop fuel and cannon fire on a blowout gas well in an attempt to set it afire as a hazard to shipping The pilots were LCDR Joel Morris USNR Commanding Officer of VA-822 and LCDR Harold Wheelahan <br> 127002 was later sold to the French Armée de l'Air No 61 It was then transferred to the air force of Gabon TR-LQE and is still airworthy with the French civil registry as F-AZHK http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002320 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 3045 s 1950 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-4 Skyraider United States Naval Air Reserve Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans F-AZHK aircraft |