File:F4Us on USS Kearsarge (CV-33) at Yokosuka 1952.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsairs on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) at Yokosuka, Japan, in August 1952. Visible are F4U-4s from Fighter Squadron VF-884 "Bitter Birds" (A-4XX) and F4U-5Ns from Composite Squadron VC-3 Det.F "Blue Nemesis" (NP-XX). Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101) aboard the Kearsarge for a deployment to Korea from 11 August 1952 to 17 March 1953.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) 1952-53 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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