Keywords: F2H on USSEssex elevator1951.jpeg en 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 http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN HNSN9807157 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/HN-SN-98-07157 JPG HN-SN-98-07157; NARA file no 80-G-432627 Photographer's Name AFAN T G Donegan 1951-08-25 PD-USGov McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee Military aircraft in the Korean War Black and white photographs of aircraft Aboard USS Essex CV-9 25 August August 1951 Attack Squadron 172 United States Navy |