Jump to content

File:F2H on USSEssex elevator1951.jpeg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,000 × 2,400 pixels, file size: 1,007 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: A McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee fighter (BuNo 124974) from fighter squadron VF-172 Night Owls, Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5), being brought up to the flight deck aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) on 25 August 1951. The Essex was deployed to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. Note the names of the plane's pilot (Lt. Dauphin) and the plane captain (Carter AO3) painted below the cockpit. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter of helicopter utility squadron HU-1 Det. B Pacific Fleet Angels is visible in the background.
Date
Source U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: HN-SN-98-07157; NARA file no. 80-G-432627
Author Photographer's Name: AFAN T.G. Donegan

Licensing

Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

25 August 1951

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:29, 9 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 07:29, 9 August 20083,000 × 2,400 (1,007 KB)Cobatfor{{Information |Description={{en|1=A McDonnell F2H-2 ''Banshee'' fighter (BuNo 124974) from fighter squadron VF-172 ''Night Owls'', ''Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5)'', being brought up to the flight deck aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier ''USS Essex (CV-9)'

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F2H_on_USSEssex_elevator1951.jpeg"