Photo #: NH 97114
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
Lieutenant Zack Taylor gets ready for a reconnaissance flight
over enemy territory, while the carrier was operating off Korea
in April 1952. His plane is a Grumman F9F-2P photo version of
the "Panther" jet fighter.
Note camera window in the plane's nose, and Lt. Taylor's ribbed
crash helmet.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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