The Don Englebreston Collection

Pilot Doused in Celebratory 'Wetting Down' Ceremony Beside A-1 Skyraider

Pilot Doused in Celebratory 'Wetting Down' Ceremony Beside A-1 Skyraider

A young Air Force pilot is doused in a traditional celebration on the flight line, a ritual often performed when a pilot completed a milestone number of combat missions or his full combat tour in Vietnam. Behind him stands the tail of an A-1 Skyraider bearing the 'TS' squadron tail code. Project: 218898