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| Keywords: F9F-6 Cougars on Yorktown 1953.jpg Four U S Navy Grumman F9F-6 Cougars of Fighter Squadron 24 VF-24 Corsairs aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CVA-10 VF-24 assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 CVG-2 aboard the Yorktown for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 August 1953 to 3 March 1954 <br>VF-24 was redesignated VF-211 on 9 March 1959 In 1960 the squadron nickname was changed to Fighting Checkmates scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 102 US Navy cited as source ca 1953 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Yorktown CV-10 Grumman F9F Cougar Fighter Squadron 211 United States Navy | ||||
