Keywords: F3H-2 VF-14 CVA-42 NAN4-61.jpg A McDonnell F3H-2 F-3B Demon BuNo 145292 of fighter squadron VF-14 Top Hatters awaits its turn on the catapult of the U S aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42 in 1959/60 VF-14 was assigned to Carrier Air Group One CVG-1 for four deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the Roosevelt between 1959 and 1963 before the squadron converted to the McDonnell F-4B Phantom II A Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk has just been launched from the starboard catapult while another is waiting on the port catapult to be launched U S Navy Naval Aviation News April 1961 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1961/Apr61 pdf 1959/60 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell F3H Demon Aboard USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Aircraft carrier take offs Fighter Squadron 14 United States Navy |