Two U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-3 <i>Banshee</i>s of Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det.A "Blue Nemesis" approach a North American AJ-2 <i>Savage</i> of VC-6 "Fleurs" for refueling. VC-3 Det.A was assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 November 1954 to 21 June 1955.
U.S. Navy
circa 1955 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-55/170.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-55/index_020.htm">USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) 1954-1955 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>