PHOTO GALLERY
GRUMMAN F9F COUGAR (~1956-1959)
OK here is one for you CVA 20 guys, if this plane didn't say VA 192 on the side, I would have sworn this was Bobby Quinn's plane. except, I am sure Bobby had a shamrock on the side of his plane. (Bobby was a plane captain in VF 72)
Bill Copeland
Bill,
The photo you sent is a Grumman F9F Cougar, the successor to the Grumman F9F Panther. The Panther had straight wings with tip tanks and served in the Korean war. The Chance-Vought Cutlass had twin engines, twin rudders and a very high nose gear. The Cutlass never entered regular service, its life being short-lived. The Cougar was aboard during my service on Bennington, 1956 - 1959.
Enclosed (ABOVE) is a very poor scan of a Chance-Vought Cutlass coming aboard Bennington. Note the high nose gear, twin engines and the barely visible twin rudders.
Regards,
Fred A. Flores
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