Keywords: F8F-1 VF-111 CV-45 Apr 1949.jpg A Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat of fighter squadron VF-111 Sundowners Carrier Air Group Eleven CVAG-11 on the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge CV-45 on 27 April 1949 The Bearcat is armed with two 12 7 cm 5 in HVAR rockets Note the large number of people on the island and the large SX-radar the Mk 37 gun director with MK 25 radar and the radar-controlled 40 mm quadruple flak Official U S Navy photograph now in the collections of the National Archives no K-9904 http //www history navy mil/photos/images/k09000/k09904 jpg Naval Historical Center 1949-04-27 USN caption Photo K-9904 F8F Bearcat on USS Valley Forge April 1949 removed PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F8F Bearcat Aboard USS Valley Forge CV-45 Fighter Squadron 111 United States Navy Ship radars of the United States Navy |