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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-444872

Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighter
(Bureau # 127210), of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24)


Flies over ships of Task Force 77 with its arresting hook extended, prior to landing on USS Boxer (CV-21) during operations off North Korea.
Photo is dated 4 July 1952.
Note two aircraft carriers distantly visible above the plane.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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17 November 1999