File:F8F VF-61 on USS FD Roosevelt 1949.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat from Fighter Squadron VF-61 Jolly Rogers on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42). VF-61 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6) aboard the FDR for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the Arctic from 27 October to 23 November 1949. A Douglas AD-1 Skyraider from Attack Squadron VA-65 is visible on the elevator.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt veteran's website [2]
Author Robert DeCamp, U.S. Navy, CVB-42 1949-1952

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current16:45, 18 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:45, 18 February 2011599 × 793 (189 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Grumman F8F-2 ''Bearcat'' from Fighter Squadron VF-61 ''Jolly Rogers'' on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS ''Franklin D. Roosevelt'' (CVB-42). VF-61 was assigned to Carrier Air Group

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