Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat BuNo 95320 of VF-19A, CVAG-19 circa 1947. Can't ID the helicopter airframe - it seems that USS Boxer didn't embark HO3Ss until 1950 anyway.
Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat BuNo 95320 of VF-19A, CVAG-19 circa 1947. Can't ID the helicopter airframe - it seems that USS Boxer didn't embark HO3Ss until 1950 anyway.
Sounds pretty close to correct. She was one of several Essex-class carriers commissioned too late for WWII (most of which would go their entire service lives without any major refits, such as SCB-27A).
