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USS Valley Forge (CV-45), 1951 |
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Photo # 80-G-428267 |
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USS Valley Forge (CV-45), 1951 |
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Carrier Air Calendar 2011
copyright 2010 Thomas Calvin Houtz and D.L.Sears Books |
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Flight Deck of the USS Valley Forge (CV-45), Winter 1952 |
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Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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VF-653 Squadron CO Cook Cleland and Squadron XO Ray Edinger, Winter 1952 |
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Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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VF-653 Corsair pilot Robert Balser |
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Photo image courtesy of Robert Balser |
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February 1952: Ray Edinger lands his crippled Corsair aboard Valley Forge
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Edinger lands without hydraulics and flaps. Landing gear is dangling and an armed 5-inch rocket is "hung" on his port wing.
Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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February 1952: Ray Edinger's Corsair after touchdown |
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Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball visits with LTJG Paul Pearson, a VFW-653 pilot recuperating from burns after a fiery deck crash. |
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Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball in Valley Forge wardroom during two -day visit, March 1952 |
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(L-R): VF-653 CO Cook Cleland (back to camera), Secretary Kimball, VF-194 CO Robert Schreiber, VF-653 XO Ray Edinger
Photo image courtesy of Ray Edinger |
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VF-653 pilots at conclusion of Korean War deployment |
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July 1952 VF-653 group photo; back row (left to right): Dave Robertson; Ed Kearns; Bill Clarke; Bob Balser; Cook Cleland; Ray Edinger; Nip Wilson; Ross Rohleder; Smith (replacement pilot); front row: Bob Jesswine; Roy Johnson; John Gray; Bill Hartman; Tommy Davis; William Geffel; Guy Dunn; Sam McKee; Ralph Evans
Photo image courtesy of Robert Balser |
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