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Dedicated to the forgotten guys from the forgotten war — who changed history
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USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31)

F9F-2B escorts F9F-2P over North Korea. VF-781 & VC-61, Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) 1951


  • 27 Dec, 2013
F9F Panther

Dick Shrewsbury

Jet Photo Reconnaissance, 1951
Assigned to VC-61, CVG-102
aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)1

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C.O.D. takes off from The Bon Homme

Korea, 1951

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Bon Homme in Yokosuka, 1951

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BHR Box Score December 1951

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BHR (CV-31) Fires 5 inch at Drone

North Korea, 1951

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The Brown Shoes

This is the generation the historians forgot to write about. This generation was in “the golden age” of aviation. The earliest trained in burlap and bailing wire N2S trainers. The last flew supersonic aircraft.  These men are now passing into history — their stories are recorded in these pages.

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    The Brown Shoes Project
    228 Unity Court
    Suffolk, VA 23434

  • Phone: (757) 923-5575

  • Email: avmidn@aol.com

About The Project

The Brown Shoes Project operates under the aegis of the §501(c)(3) tax-exempt Alumni Association Fund of the University of Virginia.

It is funded by the support of those interested in the collection and categorization of these resources.

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