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| Keywords: F-8s launching from USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) off Vietnam in 1967.jpg U S Navy Vought F-8C Crusaders of Fighter Squadron 24 VF-24 Red Checkertails and F-8Es of VF-211 Checkmates pictured on the catapults and positioned behind jet blast deflectors during flight operations on board the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 off the coast of North Vietnam on 3 March 1967 Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 CVW-21 aboard the Bon Homme Richard for a deployment to Vietnam from 26 January to 25 August 1967 During this cruise each squadron shot down four North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters in air-to-air combat However both squadrons also lost eight Crusaders in combat and one during operations 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 36346 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7337 003 1967-03-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8C Crusader F-8E Crusader Fighter Squadron 24 United States Navy Fighter Squadron 211 United States Navy Aboard USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 Vietnam War in 1967 | ||||
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