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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

The War Stabilizes, 25 January - 30 June 1951 --
Aircraft Carrier Operations --
Helicopter Activities on Aircraft Carriers


This page features views of helicopter activities on aircraft carriers off Korea during 25 January through 30 June 1951.

For additional views of carrier operations during this period, see:

  • Aircraft Carrier Operations.


    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-439846

    Sikorski HO3S-1 helicopter
    (Bureau Number 122716),
    of squadron HU-1

    Rescues Lieutenant (Junior Grade) M.E. Thompson, USN, pilot of a Vought F4U-5N "Corsair" fighter (Bureau No. 124501) that crashed on takeoff from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at 1345 hours, 27 January 1951, off the Korean coast.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 625 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439847

    Sikorski HO3S-1 helicopter
    (Bureau Number 122716),
    of squadron HU-1

    Returns Lieutenant (Junior Grade) M.E. Thompson, USN, to the flight deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) after rescuing him from the sea off the coast of Korea. He was the pilot of a Vought F4U-5N "Corsair" fighter (Bureau No. 124501) that crashed while taking off from the carrier at 1345 hours on 27 January 1951.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439893

    Sikorski HO3S-1 helicopter
    (Bureau Number 122715),
    of squadron HU-1

    On the the flight deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), off the coast of Korea, 29 January 1951.
    Note forklift and Le Tourneau crane in the background, parked near the carrier's island.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 97286

    USS Boxer (CV-21)


    "Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair fighter as it turns up prior to being launched from the USS Boxer for a strike against communist targets in Korea. Hovering to the stern of the aircraft carrier, the every-present helicopter plane guard stands by to assist if any emergency arises."
    Photograph and caption were released in Washington, D.C., on 20 July 1951.
    Planes are Vought F4U-4s. Helicopter is a Sikorski HO3S.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 605 x 765 pixels

     


    For additional views of carrier operations during the period 25 January - 30 June 1951, see:

  • Aircraft Carrier Operations.


    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    24 September 2000