Insignia of the U.S. Navy Composite Squadron 11 (VC-11) Det. I "The Fly by Knights", circa in 1952. VC-11 Det. I was assigned to Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Korea from 16 June 1952 to 6 February 1953. During this cruise, VC-11 Det. I made 264 sorties from the <i>Essex</i> and accumulated 679.9 flight hours.
U.S. Navy
circa 1952 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1952-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-52/162.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-52/index_012.htm">USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) 1952-1953 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>