MAKE A MEME View Large Image F9F mission markers Korea NAN7-53.jpg A Grumman F9F-2 Panther BuNo 123451 of U S Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-311 Tomcats at the end of the Korean War in 1953 This F9F-2 flew 445 missions with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Korea for 1 002 ...
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Keywords: F9F mission markers Korea NAN7-53.jpg A Grumman F9F-2 Panther BuNo 123451 of U S Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-311 Tomcats at the end of the Korean War in 1953 This F9F-2 flew 445 missions with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Korea for 1 002 combat hours Later the aircraft was used by the U S Navy for another 96 missions According to the original caption Naval Aviation News October 1953 the plane dropped some 1 814 to 400 000 lb of ordnance and wore out 16 guns while firing 100 000 rounds U S Navy Naval Aviation News July 1953 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1953/Jul53 pdf 1953 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F9F Panther Military aircraft in the Korean War Black and white photographs of aircraft United States Marine Corps in the Korean War Marine Attack Squadron 311
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