Image:F4U-4B Corsair 1.jpg

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Description

A Vought F4U-4 Corsairs of fighter squadron VF-791 Fighting Falcons launching from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) in 1951 during a deployment to Korea. The Sikorsky HO3S-1 plane guard helicopter of helicopter utility squadron HU-1 Det. F Pacific Fleet Angels is standing by.
Original description: "Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair fighter as it turns up prior to being launched from the USS Boxer for a strike against communist targets in Korea. Hovering to the stern of the aircraft carrier, the every-present helicopter plane guard stands by to assist if any emergency arises."

Source

Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 97286, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center [1]; Photograph and caption were released in Washington, D.C., on 20 July 1951.

Date

1951

Author

U.S. Navy

Permission
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Other versions Removed caption read: "Photo # 97286     F4U taking off from USS Boxer, off Korea, 1951."

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current01:06, 3 April 2007605×741 (94 KB)Editor at Large (Losslessly cropped caption)
19:02, 13 March 2006605×765 (97 KB)Crux (This image was copied from wikipedia:de. The original description was: F4U Corsair beim Start *Photo #: NH 97286 [http://history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97286.jpg (1.)] *''"Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair fighter as it tu)
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