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From: jfb@usgp1.ih.att.com (Joe Baugher)
Subject: Grumman F-9 Panther/Cougar (6 of 13)
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Summary: F9F-5P photo-reconnaissance Pantehr
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The F9F-5P was a specially built unarmed photographic reconnaissance 
version of the F9F-5.  Unlike the F9F-2Ps, which were modified from 
existing F9F-2 airframes, the F9F-5Ps were built from scratch as 
unarmed photo-reconnaissance aircraft.  36 were built.  The modified 
nose had the armament replaced by a housing for vertical and oblique 
cameras.  The overall length was 40 feet as compared to 38 feet 10 1/2 
inches for the standard F9F-5.  

The F9F-5P was deployed with a detachment of VC-61 aboard the USS 
*Princeton* during late 1952, supplanting the earlier F9F-2P.  

Grumman F9F-5P Panther serials 

125314/125321 	Grumman F9F-5P Panther 
126265/126290 	Grumman F9F-5P Panther 
127471/127472 	Grumman F9F-5P Panther 

Sources:

    United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911,  Gordon Swanborough and
    Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute Press, 1990.

    The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.

    Grumman Aircraft Since 1929, Rene J. Francillon, Naval Institute
    Press, 1989.

    American Combat Planes, 3rd Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner,
    Doubleday, 1982.

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