File:AF-2 pilot recovery USS Block Island (CVE-106) 1953.jpeg

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Description Recovery of the Ensign E.H. Barry, pilot of a U.S. Navy Grumman AF-2 Guardian from Anti-Submarine Squadron 22 (VS-22) by a Piasecki HUP helicopter after the plane was forced to ditch immediately after launching in 1953. The parent escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) is standing by in the background.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.035.009
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