U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-3 <i>Banshee</i>s of Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det.A "Blue Nemesis" in flight. 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.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-55/168.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>