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USS Boxer (CV-21) flight deck 1951
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USS Boxer (CV-21) flight deck 1951

View of the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) on 19 May 1951. Two Vought F4U-4 Corsair fighters from fighter squadron VF-884 Bitter Birds (A-2XX) and VF-791 Fighting Falcons (A-4XX) are taking off. Also visible are Douglas AD-2/4Q Skyraiders of attack squadron VA-702 Rustlers and Grumman F9F-2 Panthers of VF-721 Iron Angels. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 of helicopter utility squadron HU-1 Det. F Pacific Fleet Angels hovers over the crash site of a VF-884 F4U-4 in the background after rescuing the pilot, Lt.(jg) Oliver Droege. The Boxer was deployed to Korea with Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101) from 2 March to 24 October 1951.

Date
1951-05-19
Photographer / author
U.S. Navy
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
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3,000 × 2,358 pixels

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"USS Boxer (CV-21) flight deck 1951" (1951-05-19). U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Boxer_(CV-21)_flight_deck_1951.jpeg

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