The Don Englebreston Collection
Air-to-Air View of Wingman Aircraft Over Open Water, November 1969, Late Afternoon
A wingman's A-1 Skyraider flies low over open water in the warm light of late afternoon, photographed from a companion aircraft during a Vietnam-era mission, November 1969. Such transit and escort flights over the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea were routine, yet essential, parts of Air Commando operations in Southeast Asia. Project: 218963