File:F4U-4 Corsairs of VF-871 in flight, circa 1952.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4 Corsairs from Fighter Squadron 871 (VF-871) "Griffins" in flight. VF-871 was assigned to Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) for a deployment to Korea from 16 June 1952 to 6 February 1953.
Date circa 1952
date QS:P,+1952-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Essex (CV-9) 1952-1953 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current17:07, 27 November 2017Thumbnail for version as of 17:07, 27 November 2017772 × 516 (262 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4 ''Corsair''s from Fighter Squadron 871 (VF-871) "Griffins" in flight. VF-871 was assigned to Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Essex'' (CV-9) for a depl...