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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97176

McDonnell F2H-2 "Banshee" Jet Fighter


In a vertical climb over the rugged North Korean mountains, 1953.
This plane is from Fighter Squadron 11, based aboard USS Kearsarge (CVA-33). Kearsarge operated off Korea from September 1952 into February 1953.
The photograph was released by Commander Naval Forces Far East under date of 4 March 1953.

Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

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14 December 1999