File:USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) transporting F-86s 1950s.jpeg

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Description The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Winham Bay (T-CVU-92) passes under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California (USA), with a cargo of aircraft on her flight deck, 1958. Visible are 24 U.S. Air Force North American F-86D/L Sabre interceptors and two liaison aircraft. Four U.S. Navy aircraft are also on deck: two McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee fighters (one is BuNo 127575) and two Grumman F9F-5 Panther fighters (BuNo 125253, 125627). Note that her SK-1 radar has been removed.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.034.008; official U.S. Navy photo NH 94307 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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