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| Keywords: Aircraft are loaded on USS Boxer (CV-21) at NAS Alameda in 1950.jpg A U S Navy Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat of Fighter Squadron VF-151 is loaded aboard the aicraft carrier USS Boxer CV-21 at Naval Air Station Alameda California USA VF-151 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 19 CVG-19 aboard the Boxer for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 11 January to 13 June 1950 CVG-19 operated four squadrons of Bearcats The carrier returned just two weeks before the outbreak of the Korean War By the time Boxer returned to Korea in August 1950 the F8Fs had been replaced with Vought F4U-4 Corsairs Thus the F8F missed a combat deployment In the foreground is a Douglas AD-3 Skyraider from Attack Squadron VA-195 Dambusters http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195003 pdf March 1950 p 19 1950-01 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F8F Bearcat Aboard USS Boxer CV-21 Naval Air Station Alameda AD-3 Skyraider Strike Fighter Squadron 192 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 195 United States Navy | ||||
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