F9F VF-71 over TF77 1952
A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther (BuNo 123469, nicknamed "Papasan") attached to fighter squadron VF-71, Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7), on the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) flies over Task Force 77 engaged operations against North Korean targets on 1 August 1952. The carriers were USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), USS Essex (CV-9) (right) and the USS Princeton (CV-37).
- Date
- 1952-08-01
- Photographer / author
- USN
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
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- image
- Original size
- 3,000 × 2,328 pixels
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