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Description A U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (BuNo 126477) of Fighter Squadron 52 (VF-52) "Knightriders" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20) between May 1957 and May 1958. VF-52 was assigned to Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1). Bennington made no regular deployment but was used as a training carrier off Southern California (USA). In the background are another F2H-3 of VF-52 and two Grumman F9F-8P Cougar of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 61 (VFP-61) Det.H "Eyes of the Fleet".
Date early 1958
date QS:P,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Bennington (CVA-20) 1957-1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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