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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 --
Carrier Planes in Flight


This page features views of aircraft carrier planes in flight during the September-November 1950 United Nations' offensive in Korea.

For other photographs of carrier activities during this period, see: Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 -- Overview and Selected Images

For visual coverage of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 97076

    Inchon, Korea


    A Vought F4U-4B "Corsair", of Fighter Squadron 113 (VF-113) from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), flys combat air patrol over U.S. warships and U.N. shipping in Inchon anchorage, South Korea, 2 October 1950.
    Wolmi-Do island is in the right center distance, with Inchon city beyond to the right. USS Missouri (BB-63) is immediately below the "Corsair". Among the other ships present are troop transports (AP), amphibious ships (AGC, APA, APD and LST), a hospital ship (AH) and many merchant cargo vessels.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 375 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439877

    Vought F4U-4B "Corsair" fighter plane


    Heads for a crash landing, with smoke pouring out of its starboard side, during operations off Korea, 22 October 1950.
    Photographed from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47).
    The carrier in the middle distance appears to be USS Valley Forge (CV-45).

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

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For other photographs of carrier activities during the September - November U.N. offensive, see: Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 -- Overview and Selected Images

    For visual coverage of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


    Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

    21 November 1999