1950 USS BOXER AIRCRAFT CARRIER P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER AIRPLANES NAVY PHOTO KOREAN

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1950 USS BOXER AIRCRAFT CARRIER P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER AIRPLANES NAVY PHOTO KOREAN
This would be a fantastic addition to your collection! It is a reproduction 8 x 10 inch glossy photo with white border. You will love it!
With the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. forces in the Far East had an urgent need for supplies and aircraft. The only aircraft carriers near Korea were the USSÂ
Valley ForgeÂ
(CV-45) and HMSÂ
TriumphÂ
(R16).
Boxer
was ordered into service to ferry aircraft from California to the fighting on the Korean Peninsula. She made a record-breaking crossing of the Pacific Ocean, leaving Alameda, California on 14 July 1950 and arriving at Yokosuka, Japan on 23 July, a trip of 8 days and 7 hours. She carried one hundred forty-five P-51 Mustangs and six L-5 Sentinels of the United States Air Force destined for the Far East Air Force as well as 19 Navy aircraft, 1,012 Air Force support personnel, and 2,000 tonnes (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons) of supplies for the United Nations troops fighting the North Korean invasion of South Korea, including crucially needed spare parts and ordnance. Many of this equipment had been taken from Air National Guard units in the United States because of a general shortage of materiel. She began her return trip from Yokosuka on 27 July and arrived back in California on 4 August, for a trip of 7 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes, again breaking the record for a trans-Pacific cruise. She carried no jet aircraft, though, because they were deemed too fuel inefficient for the initial defense mission in Korea. By the time
Boxer
arrived in Korea, the UN forces had established superiority in the air and sea.
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