Photo #: NH 96952
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
The first of a flight of eight Bell HTL-3 helicopters rise from
the carrier's flight deck, off the Japanese coast, circa early
January 1953. Valley Forge transported these aircraft
to the Far East for use in evacuating Korean War battle casualties.
The original photo is dated 3 January 1953. Its caption stated
that this "was the largest mass take-off of helicopters
in the history of Naval aviation".
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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