US Navy TF 77 in Korea
by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 2810 words.
Published on October 5, 2010. .
Committment of 'Task force 77' in support of UN operations in the Korean War saw a number of the USN's 1st generation carrier-borne jets involved in combat for the first time,the F9F Panther, 'Banjo' and Banshee, the jets operating alongside their longer-legged piston-engined WW II warriors the Corsair and Skyraider and RN Supermarine Seafire. An F9F the 1st USN jet type to claim an enemy 'kill'