File:F9F-2 VF-51 approaching NAN2-52.jpg

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Description A Grumman F9F-2 Panther of fighter squadron VF-51 Screaming Eagles approaching the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). VF-51 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5) during a deployment to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. Note the "plane guards": a Sikorsky HO3S helicopter and a destroyer.
Date 1951/52
Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News February 1952 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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