Photo Gallery

Aircraft & Pilots – Grumman F6F Hellcat

  • Williams, Burr, in F6F, NAS Los Alamitos, CA, ca
  • VF-781 - Recalled squadron & F6F
  • Stames, Bill and F6F-5, NAS Los Alamitos, CA, 1950
  • Bob Neely, wearing sunglasses and a cap, sits in the cockpit of a Grumman F6F Hellcat on a tarmac. The plane’s canopy is open, and another aircraft tail is visible in the background. The photo has a sepia tone.
    Bob Neely in an F6F during operational training.
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  • JAX 1948 Bob Neely's F6F Flight Instructor
  • Grumman Flyby at FMA PNS 1986 - F6F, F-14, F7F, F8F, F6F.
  • F6Fs from NAS Los Alamitos - 1950
    Weekend Cruise – F6F-5s – NAS Los Alamitos 1946-1950
  • F6Fs - Ferrying to Litchfield Park (b)
  • F6Fs - Ferrying to Litchfield Park (a)
  • F6F-5, NAS Los Alamitos, 1950
  • F6F Training Flight - NAS JAX June 1948. Instructor, Dean Webster, Phil Smith, Bob Neely,Gene Lewis, Red Eberly, Norm Dunbar, Luther Duncan
  • F6F on USS Wright (CVL-49) 1948
  • F6F - NAS Los Alamitos 1950
  • F4Us, F6Fs, F7F at NAAS Litchfield Park, AZ
  • Crandall F6F prang text (1)
  • Crandall F6F prang (2)
  • Bello, Gus in his F6F, NAS Los Alamitos, CA, 1950
    Gus Bello in his F6F, NAS Los Alamitos, CA, 1950
  • 'Our Instructor' F6F Training Flight - NAS JAX 1948

Aircraft & Pilots – Grumman F9F Panther

  • [airceaft] F9F-2s over TF-77 - Note two CVs - TF-77 (1951)
  • [aircraft] F9F-2 - VF-51 - drawing
  • [aircraft] F9F-2s - VF-51, CVG-5 & VF-102, CVG -102 - drawings
  • [aircraft] F9F-5 - VF-5 1
  • [aircraft] F9F-5 'Panther' VF-781, USS Oriskany, 1952-1953. pilot - LT Charlie Ray.
  • [aircraft] F9Fs - drawings
  • [aircraft] F9Fs over North Korea
  • [aircraft] VF-781 F9F-2s return to Bon Homme. 'PP' is photo plane with escorts. 1951
  • [aircraft] VF-781 F9F-2s return to TF-77 from North Korea - 1951. Note two CVs.
  • [aircraft] VF-781 F9F-5 going into barrier. CV-34 13 Aug 1952.
  • [bangs & prangs] Wonsan Harbor, February 2, 1953. F9F-5, VF-781, CVG-102. LTJG Lou Ives. photo from USS Hailey, DD-556.
  • [Ives] photo - F9F - engine hit by flak over North Korea - lost power at BHR ramp - 13 November 1951. Aircraft, without nose cone is at lower left.
  • [VF-781] F9F-5 and MiGs - 11-18-1952
  • 2e. North Korea 1952-1953. Gun Camera film. The F9F-5 nose cone indicates this aircraft is from VF-783, CVG-102, USS Oriskany (CV-34)
  • 2i. McCabe, Jerry, and his F9F. VF-781, CVG-102, USSOriskany. 1952-'53.
  • 7 - F9F-5 over North Korea near the Yalu
  • 7 a. DEWENTER, JACK (photo) - F9F-2 -WEAK ENGINE WAVEOFF - VF-781, BHR, KOREA - 1951
  • 7 b. LAWRENCE - F9F-2 - Flak - Tip-tank - VF-781, BHR - 1951 - North Korea, .
  • 12 b. Royce Williams' F9F-5, USS Oriskany, November 18, 1953.
  • Bethel - After incident at NAAS El Centro when I couldn't get my gear to lock down. 6 May 52, F9F-2 BuNo 123507
  • Bethel, Ed, F9F-2 BuNo 123507, NAAS El Centro, 5-06-52
  • Bethel, Ed, VF-781 F9F-2 5-06-52
  • BHR (CV-34) launches first recco May 31, 1951 - VF-781, F9F-2B
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  • Ed Bethel & Royce Williams, VF-781 F9F, USS Midway
  • F9F - VF-781 c. 1952
  • F9F Flak Damage VF-781 McCabe 1952-53
  • F9F wave-off - ENS Bill Rau (3)
  • F9F wave-off - USS Leyte (CV-32) off North Korea (1)
  • F9F-2 - LTJG Bob Lawrence, VF-781 - Flak wheels-up on BHR - 1951
  • F9F-2 (VF-781) 'weak-engine' wave-off (BHR 1951) - he made it.
  • F9F-2 goes off catapult, BHR, October 1951
  • F9F-2 wave-off. Jack Dewenter, VF-781 on the Bon Homme. 1951.
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  • F9F-2B (Lou Ives) overTF-77 for landing. USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), USS New Jersey (BB-62). (Note skipper-Collin Oveland-making landing pass and Hoppycopter by BHR fantail).
  • F9F-2B escorts F9F-2P over North Korea. VF-781 & VC-61, Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) 1951_0
  • F9F-2B, Charlie, TF-77, 1951
  • F9F-2P-VC-61-over-North-Korea-1951
  • F9F-5 over North Korea near the Yalu
  • F9F-5 - Deep Recco over North Korea, 1952
  • F9F-5 - VF-5 1
  • F9F-5 painting
  • F9F-5s over North Korea near the Yalu. VF-781, 1953
  • F9F-8 LOG summer 2010
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  • F9F, hit by flak over Yangdok, North Korea, almost makes it back, 11-13-51
  • F9Fs - drawings
  • Holliman, Jake - F9F BHR 1951
  • Ives, Lou; VF-781 F9F-2B, off North Korea, 1951. Photo from photo plane
  • Ives, Lou. F9F - engine hit by flak over North Korea - lost power at BHR ramp. 13 November 1951. Aircraft, without nose cone, is at lower left. (b)
  • Ives, LTJG Lou, Helicopter Rescue after ditching damaged F9F - 11-13-51
  • Middleton, John D. - with F9F-5
  • MiG hit on F9F - 18 Nov 1952
  • North Korea from F9F (1)
  • O'Connell, LTJG James, VF-781; F9F-5 BuNo. , USS Oriskany CV-34; 8-13-52. F9F going into barrier. Note #1 barrier being lowered in case Jim caught a wire.
  • p1. F9F-5 - Deep Recco over North Korea, 1952
  • Photo - F9Fs.
  • pic 1. F9F-5 - Deep Recco over North Korea, 1952 - Copy
  • Williams, Royce with MiG damage--VF-781 F9F-5 on 11-18-52
  • Stames, Bill, XO VF-781, F9F-2B, BHR (CV-31) 1951
  • VF-781 - William's F9F-5 on USS Midway Museum
  • VF-781 BHR 1951 - another F9F hit by flak
  • VF-781 BHR 1951 - F9F Hit by flak
  • VF-781 F9F #102 Broken landing gear on BHR 30 Mar 1951. USN Restricted.
  • VF-781 F9F going into barrier. USS Oriskany (CV-34) Aug 13 1952
  • VF-781 F9F-2 'Paper Doll' on USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) c. 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2 and TF-77 - 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2 broken landing gear on CV-31 - 2 Apr 1951 (2)
  • VF-781 F9F-2 over Task Force 77, Korea 1951. Note 2 CVs and BB as guide. Photo-VC-61 photo plane.
  • VF-781 F9F-2 launched from Bon Homme. North Korea - 1951. Wind less than 10 knots. Note old Jap fuel tanks used for napalm bombs.
  • VF-781 F9F-2 launches from BHR off North Korea 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2 launching fron CV-31 Bon Homme, Korea 1951. (Note the Japanese belly tanks - used for Napalm.
  • VF-781 F9F-2 over Task Force 77, Korea 1951. Note 2 CVs and BB as guide. Photo-VC-61 photo plane.
  • VF-781 F9F-2 returns to Bob Homme - 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2 taxiis out of arresting gear on BHR - Korea 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2B approaching TF-77 for landing (tailhook down), off North Korea 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2s and the USS Bon Homme Richard - 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-2s returning to Bon Homme from recco hops, 1951
  • VF-781 F9F-5 - USS Oriskany 1952-53
  • VF-781 F9f-5 (Jack Stiles) cruisin' to the Yalu, North Korea 1953
  • VF-781 F9F-5 over TF-77 off North Korea 1952-1953. VC-61 photo
  • VF-781 F9F-5 with MiG damage - 1952
  • VF-781 F9F-5s over NAAS El Centro, Aug 28 1952, LTJG Jerry McCabe leads - US Navy Photo
  • VF-781 F9F-5s over North Korea, Yalu-Tumen Rivers
  • VF-781 F9Fs over North Korea - 1952
  • VF-781 Oriskany 1952-1953 - F9F hit by flak
  • VF-781 F9Fs return to Bon Homme from North Korean recco - 1951
  • VF-781 Tailhooks down - F9F-2s return from recco. 1951.
  • VF-781, El Centro, CA, Summer 1952, F9F-2s & -5s (2)
  • VF-781, El Centro, Summer 1952, F9F-2s & -5s
  • VF-781's F9F-2Bs over El Centro, CA, U.S. Navy photo 8-28-52 (North is left)
  • Williams, Burr - F9F Combat damage
  • Williams, F9F, Midway
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