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Subj: Action Repert of Carrier ~ir Group FIVE (26 December 1951 -1 February 1952).

Ref: (a) OpNav Instruction 3480.1 ' (b) CinCPacFlt Instruction 3480.1

1. ·This report is submitted in compliance w.ith reference (a) for· inclusion in the Action 1eport of U.S.S •. ESSEX (CV-9) and the division of data between calendar months is sh~wn in compliance.with reference· (b) •

' PART I: CO~ .P03ITIOI~ OF C\m FORCES r~.iv.iJ LISSim;

a. The composition ~f the group follows:

UNIT

'GVG-5 CDR H. U. BE:SBE VF-51 CDR E. L. BEAUCHALP VF-172 CD:R E. E. BARNETT VF-53

TYPE ~ Kone

F9F-2

F2H-2

F4U-4B

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PILOTS 12/26 2/1

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20 CDR H. J ~ TRUll III VF-54 .'l.D-2

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5 4 3 1

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2 a~:~~:~ 2 5~:~~:< CDR P·. N. GRAY

VC-3 (Unit aB") LCDR J. F. DOHERTY VC-11 , LT E •. R •. hiLLER . VC-35 LCDR'F. F. BERTAGNA VC-61 LT S. 1. JAYN'ES

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b •. IUSSION

The primary mission of Air Group FIVE during the· reporting .. : .. >.('' period remained the support of Unite·i Nations ground forces in Korea,·· · This support was primarily an interdiction program for destruction ·or enemy lines of communication. The problem of interdiction has becom$

·more difficult however,.as a result of the increased accuracy and · intensity of enemy anti-aircraft fire. r~ight Heckler ~iissions have proven again that by far the greatest percentage of enemy transpor­tation was noving during the hours of darkness.

PhotograPhic missions have been.flown d~ily and netted excellent results in the identification of camouf~aged targets and damage. assessment in addition to special missions: JCXi and ASP mis­sions provided constant protection against the possibility of enemy air or submarine action, although no contacts were made.

P '"RT II: CHRONOLOGY

15-25 December - In port period at Yokosuka. While in port personnel were encouraged to uiilize the recreational facilities available in the imnediate area and to utilize the rest camp billets. Approximately 50% of enlisted nen and officers were able to take ad­vantage of these camps. Five basketball games and t1,io boxing snokers were teld during this period. ComFair.Jap sent a representative to tht U.SS ESSEX to show a training film and exnlain the fitting and modi­fication of the new JiJ.K III Anti-Exposur1e Suit. itll I>arachute' Riggers.. Sauadron Survival Officers and pilots of Carrier Air Group FIVE. attended this lecture and training film.

All available.and urgently needed survival equipment for cold weather o-perations v·:C'is pro cured ;·;bile in port. This included fifty­three (53) I]C III Anti-Exposure Suits and accessories, ten (10) new droppable wing rack mounted survival kits, and one hundred sixteen (116) insulated boots for all Air Group nilots. LT C. C. JOHt..S and LTC. C .. COFFEY, hel.icopter pilots, 1vho have done an outstanding job, •.Yere relieved by LT G •. J. JOH.NSON and TI:Gl:UJEY, H. ( n) , ALC ( AP) •.

On 26 December Carrier Air Group FIVE, aboard the USS E:3SEX, departed Yokosuka, Japan at 0600 for it's fourth combat cruise asainst the Nt~rtb Korean Comr.unists and their Chinese allies.

26-28 December - Underway to the op~rating area. Due t6 rough' seas, no flights were scheduled. Replenishing 1v-as accomplisr.ed on the 28th.

29 December -·Carrier Air Groun FIVE c1ent back into action again. 89 sorties vrere flmrm' 73 rail cuts -.."Jere accomplished' four buildings and three railroad bridges destroyed.

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30 :December - 38 -Sorties flol-m. .The Hecklers burned nine trucks_ and destroyed sixteen buildings and to-ro. heavily loaded oxcarts. .. · ne•.'r high in· rail cuts ~·ras established 'Jhsn 121 •vere chalked up for the day. OthPr accon:olis"b.J11ents of the day ,,v2r2 12 trucks, 25 built!.-. ings, 3 ~xcarts, ten troops, one :Jridge c:nd 1 locomotive, destroyed.

31 Decenber - ~eplenishing day. No air operations.

l January - 99 Sorties '·n::re flown'. 'l'he first day of the ~~ew year brou.q;ht anothPr outsta::ding score: s-c;venty-three rail cuts, 2 trucks, 3 oxcart~, 3 bridges and one loco~otive destroyed.

2 January - 100 Sorties were flo;m. 10 gun pos.i tions destroyed, 21 trucks, 47 rail cuts, 4 bridges, one ~igh~ay 0verpass, one carnou­fla~ed tank and one je~p.

3 January - 97 )orties '.vere flm·rn. 'ihe '::Jir; noise was the ., destruction of an a::-·no dunp. 57 rail cuts, () bridr;es, 5 by-passes, 2 oxcarts, 15 builr1 ing.s, 4 trucks and o~t1e boxcar r,e strayed. .. very serious but unavoidable accident oc curre,:J. today. '" 3anshee landed and taxied for1..rard to the spot. ·..rr.en the enr~ines '·'ere shut dovm, one of the 20nm guns fired a rligh e:cl)lvsi ve round c.,rhich hit a· Panther (?9F) and ex~lod~d, injuring 5 ;en. -~his accident was due to an ear broken off the breach block lock and a leak in the compressed air systerr. gf the 20r:1m gun. ?our of t1-:.e J ·en ·'ere on tte ;not se ··L:us·· 1

list anf one was seriously injured. ~ shrapnel from ihe 20mm orc­j~ctile severed the soinal cord.

4 January - \eplenishing.

5 January - P9 '3ort-ie s '·Jere flo 1.m. 5 trucks, 69 rail cuts, 5 bridges, l-3 r.?d troops, 24 ~un pe~:;i tions, and_1 buildings ·vJere dest.royed.

6 January - G9 3ortiss v:ere flo~:m. 37 rail cuts, 10 trucks, 5 bridges, 2 by-uasses, 10 bui~dings, one gun position, one oil tank and a suunly durnu ~ere destroyed .. - ' '- .

··-~nsi:;n~ RIC"~:S:::/i,Ol, of VF-51 flying a Panther· o:1 a rail cut recc& mission when hit by flak, c"Vent into a shall01·1 -~;lici,e from uhich he .• never recovered, and crashed into a hillside.

LT Z:Sl;~N,2;R of VF-54 '.tfaS hit in the ccc:o·ov of his '_.,..JJ. He received an eye and facial· injuries fron tte .shatter::~d r:;lass fror:1 tr.e · c;,'nepy, but made it back to the force. The nature of the eye injury required special treatment and he was transferred to U.S-. Faval Hospital, ·vokosuka.

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R January- R6 Sorties. Despite the weather closing-in--from the north a good day •eras', re ccrded. 57 rail cuts, . 10 buildings, 2 brid!6es' 5 by-passes' 2 'rare houses and sundry small targets !-Jere destroyed.

9 January - 89 Sorties ·-ere flo 1 ·m. Old tnan ·,.:eather made this day of operations doubly difficult, although an ·excellent score was recorded. This included 3g rail cuts, 2' buildings, 5 bridges, one locemotive and seven cars, 4 by-passes, 4 trucks, 15 gun positions, 120 ene;~y · trcops, 2 jeeps ar:.d 4 oxca:;_~ts c"cestroyed.

Bi~S i~.BLL:SY of '/F-74 :'lyir;:g an ,_J 1·ras seen trailing srr:oke folltnv­ing an attack on ~ brid~e, was advised to b il out, ~ut bef~re he could clear the ola~e it rolled over and w-nt straight in an~ ex~lode~ ENS K~LLEY was not seen' to lr;ave tte co cJcpi t. i ....

10 January - ~nether replenishi~~ day.

ll January - 56 -~orties -:"r'3 flo•,:n. J'-le to very heavy '·'eather, sGce flights were cancelled and otters were stortened. In suite of this, a good score was poste -~. 18 rail cuts·, one by-p: __ s s ,/ 3 oxcarts, 106 ene~y trcoos killed and an estimate of 100 wounded, :nd 2 build­ings destroyed:

ZNS GOLL~~R of VF-54 flying·an ~D made a normal take-eff, pullei un to the ri~ht, fl~w for about 3 Dinutes, then made a slow right turn, lost altitude and spiralled u~1til he hit the water. Tvvo heli­CGpters and a DD vent to the scene irYediately and searched the area with neg?.tive results. The cause 9:"' the accident is unexplained and a board of inve sti c:-ation i'/as /convened, . -

.12 January - 89 Sorties. territory. Tte tally shows 55 which exnlodei, 7 by-passes, 5 Other ~ajor iarn2ge~inflicted.

This day brou~ht a heavy toll in ene~y rail cuts, 3 l~comotives and 4 boxcars trucks, l j~ep ~nd a oxcarts destr~yei.

Ca1)tain H.OD:::;z relieved Cantain ~.-i1b.::~~0Ci. 11hos·:; ~rders take him to c~m.~irPac. Captain hODEE is no stranger to CT\TG-5. 7Jhile the Air Group was in ccmbat P.boa.rd U.S.S. V-h..!..:IJE~ ?OR.G:b in 1959, __;.-..?)'ROD .ii; ,,ras Chief-of -Staff to CarDi v:TERZE.

13 Jan1Jary - $9 Sorties .·were flovv'Il. A tro~p occupied· toym vias. · ," the special tar.get nf the day. 7 fires H"'re started and 20 buildings ; .-destroyed. · J.. sunply dw'TI'\.l was ::::pot ted and 8 separate fires Here· ~ started. · 90 rail cuts, 3 bridges, ? by-passes,' 011e relay station, 2 oxcarts, 2 trucks, 2 revetd~nts, 12 h.tildings, ar.d a stockpile ·ef~ sunnlies destrcye~~- ·

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14 January - Replenishing.

15 Ja:tuary - 83 .Sorties. The normal amount ~f damage was inflict during the day. The gun on an .. D exnloded Qn firing, causing) s•r.~e damage to the l'iing ._ Bo1·rever a friendly field vvas reached without incident, a1!d the pilot 1·-Jas uninjured. 38 rail cuts, 8 gun posi ti0ns, 3 buildings, l by-pass, 2 ~rid~es, S enemy troops, 4 oxcarts, and a locorotive -·~re destroyed during the day's operations. LT ?h~~JERG~ST of VF-54 i:1 an .-.D picked up .sorr:e flak and began throvling off sr;;cke, and im!·•ediately headed for the sea, '·;hich he reached safely. He w1de a good water landing, inflat~d his life raft and was picke~ up by a destroyer in less than 5 ninutes after leaving the plane. 16 January - 35 Sorties ,_·:ere flovm. The bi~-; prize for the day was a locomotive and an a:·;_-,mni tion train destroyed. Other accermlish-.... rnents for the day include 40 rail cuts, 2 trucks, 3 bridges, l build~. ing, 3 o~carts, all destroyed. Also a su~ station was left blazing~ 17 January - Due to uncertairr w~ather~ replenishing was the order of the day.

18 January - 77 Sorties. ~ concentration of attacks on rail­road track denolished 1500 vds of track between -.7~nsan and Kowon. 6 buildings, 8 r~ ilro?cd :::·ars badly d·.;"'·a.s-':ed, l destroyed, four bridges, 25 gun c:mnlacen:ents, 2 trucks, 25 enemy troops, and one Sltl)Dly dump­\rJere destroyed. '.lso h fires v1ere ~tarte ~~ in canouflaged· sup'Jly piles .. 19 January- 79 S8rties. Jue t~heavy ~e2ther~ missi~nrr were directed against secondary targets.. In sDite of the turbulence; sn,.w flurri·'3s and low ce1ling, the day ~.·Jas relative-ly successful.· __ _

. "~ turn table '\ras destroyed and round house badly damc.ged, 53 rail· cuts, 3 gun erplace2ents, 2 trucks, 4 buildings, .33 enemy tre,ps, and 16 oxcarts '\ve:,~e destroyed .. 4 fires 'r;e.re .started in su-pply durn.p~, and 8 stacks of cil drums 'i.,rere destroyed. The 1500 yds •f rroil t'rack· torn u-p was extended te 4000 yds during_the .dRy's operations.' Lajor I;cco:JLO~ , _2;.ir Force pilot with VF-172;- '\vhile flying an F2H (Banshee) vv-as hit by n.A.in the middle of his run. li. long tongue ·~f flame sud-, denlv aooeared. behind his tilane and the run ended iri an exolosi$ri 'as~ his ;lane crashed into th~~ground. He was not seen tc lea~e'the cock-• -l. _pl iJ • •'

/ 20 January Replerdshing.

. 21 January 9C) Sorties .... \:'eather conditions· again necessitated div~rting strike~ to secondary tar~ets jut a hFavy toll was inflicted upon the eneny •.

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.J:'hree lecomC)tives, ene small train, 4 box cars, l rai1 by-pp.ss, 53 rail cuts, 2 buildings, 4 railroad bridges, 2 trucks, 4 wagens, 2 '".rarehouse·s, l gun pCJsi ti~n, 4 oxcarts, l truck shed ant 10 troops ,,:ere destroyed. Supplies< and oil stowage fires were started. and daoage to.a transformer station was accomplished..

22 January - 93 :)orties. Co-mmander P. N. GRAY, souadron corlman­der of VF-54, was hit by flak and was fortunate in reaching the-sea, where he di t checi and i•ras rescw:;ti. by ,~,_ destroyer~ LTJG John AB ~OT of VF-53, flying an F4U was hit by ~A on his fourth bomb run and head~ci for the ~vater. The plane '.·Jas afire and he was advised to· bail out. He rolled the nlane 3Ver and oarachuted into the water, He was res­cued by helicopter. LTJG 3. V. LnN~Y, in atte~ptin~ to'drop a raft to the helicooter aircre'·.Jitan 1.-Jho put .dBOT in the .slin;:; and rer;1aineS: in the 1'J'ater, had the raft foul v.p on the tail of his Corsair an5 he was forced to make a crash landing on the beach, ;.fter evading enemy gunfire ·and being chased into tte 'dater, he was 1)iclced un by heli­copter receiving urctecticn from accompanying planes which strafed

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enemy positions. The aircre1·m1an fror1 ROCHEST::..~-1. was also successfully ~. retrieved, making a total of 3 rescues ~or the ROC]lliSTER helic&pter pilot.

The toll in dar·ageri and destreyed targets was heavy agCJ.inst the enemy during the day. Fifty-one rail cuts, 7 buildings, 3 bridges and 2 by-passes were destroyed; 16 troons were killed and 4 tru~ks and 4 gun positions destroyed. ~hree camouflaged lacomotives, which had been spotted by uhoto oilots from the day before, were badly da~a~ed. Other major dar,age was inflicted u~on trRin car~, buildings, and bridges.

23 January - P4 Sorties. ?hoto pilots located 7 leccmotives in a mar~halling yard, which were choseri as the oain cbjective of ~he day. 21 rail cuts and 1500 y:1.r:ds of tre.ck ,,rere rlest.royad. One relay station was fired and aupeared to explode. 3 buildi~gs, ? sup_'Dly dllinps, 2 bridges, 2 trricks <-o.nd one. by..:pass ~rerc: destroyed. The big prize for the day •Jas 2 locor.1oti ves destroyed e.nd 4 danaged, l~ rail ca!s destroysd and 19 dinagei. ·

24 January ~ Repl~nishing.

25 J::>nuary - Flight operations were c;:;.nce\led, due to rough seas.

26 January - S3 Sorties. The Eajor targets for the day were trains. One locf)motive was destrcyed and 5 badly damaged •. 14 train' cars were riestroyed and 54 daElaged. 55 rail cuts, •.-rere made~ 2 gun positions, 4 trucks, 3 housGs, 3 brirlges, l by-pass and 9 buildings were destroyed. In a troop billeting area, 20 huts vv-ere destrctyed . ~nd 40 damaged. At a supuly puint, 9 ~uildings were destroyei. 26 buildings- ;mre badly damaged, nest of 1·:hich were in a ;1Corr:miea ·.Head-:­quarters area. One relay station was ~0n~ad and left ablaze pr~~ ducing nuch fire'.v :rks. A huge fuel fire Vias ignited.

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LTJG L. H. CH?~0HIRB of VF-51 flying an F9F was the victim of a fatal accident .. On his second run on a camouflaged locomotive, his plane was hit by AA and he headed for 'iJonsan Bay. His plane was on fire but he made a perfect let.down for ditching near a des­troyer. Suddenly, his ejection seat lr;ft the plane, which was al­most on the water. The destroyer was at the scene immediately and ~espite a thorough search of the ar~a LTJG CHESHIRE was not re-covered.

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27 January - 87 Sorties. In spite of the heavy weather closing in, a successful day of operations was accomplished.

Lieuten°nt R. L. HUGH~S of VC-3 was hit during an early morn­ing heckler mission and was forced to land at a friendly field south of the bon{bline.

The bad news carried to the enemy during the day included; 51 rail cuts, the destruction of one locomotive and 29_boxcars, two gun· positions, l transformer, 9 buildings, 4 bridges, 2 by-passes, 2 trucks and 4 oxcarts. A relay station was also badly damaged~ ·

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28 January - Replenishing.

29 January - 77 Sorties~ 57 rail cuts, 2 locomotives and 8 boxcars were destroyed. Six cars badly damaged. 6 trucks were destroyed and 4 badly damaged.- 4 supply piles were destroyed. 17 enemy troops were killed. Two gun emplacements were silenced.

30 January - 67 Sorties. Due to the limited number of airplanes,. two large strikes we~e scheduled in place of three smaller ones.

· In the· first strike CDR P. N. ·GRAY, Cornman ding Officer of Fi tro"n FIFTY-FOUR, flying an AD was hit by flak, which damaged his propeller and he was forced to make 'his third ditching in Wcnsan Harbor. He ~ was auickly recovered by the U • .S.S. TUINING. The score for the day ' showed 52 rail cuts, l locomotive destroyed and l badly damaged, J cars destroyed a.'nd 21 . badly damaged' 5 buildings destroyed, a mar­shalling yArd ropair building badly damaged, 2 relay station and three trucks damaged. Twenty-nine enemy troops were killed.

31 January- 96.Sorties. This day marked the thirty-seventh day out of uort •. A heavy toll was inflicted upon the enemy during this day, the last before a rest period .in Japan. The damage in­flicted included 74 rail cuts, 16 buildings destroyed. Three bridges destroyed and 2 railroad bridge apuroaches cratered, 3 trucks des­troyed; one large barracks destroyed; 4 oxcarts and 2 gun posi ti<:ms destroyed, and an estimated 58 ene~y troops killed' on strafing runs. This concluded a period in >:-rhi sh intensive de str~1ction was 'drought, upon enemy installations,~ transpo:ctatipn and communication. systems1

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a. 20!''il\'I GUNS.

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2 February 1952

'rhe performance of the 20!'Ii''I gun throughout the Air Group has been excellent. The maintenance procedures as outlined in~OP 1910 are being used and have uroven effective. Onerating temperatures have been as low as 300 below zero with no ill effects uuon the operation of the 2m~~ quns. The cold weather lubricants have made a-marked increase in the operating efficiency.

Breakage of breech block. locks, breech block sli~es, and _, magazine slide back plate screws has occurred in some 20!>·1111 guns

installed en the F9F-2 which have fired g to 10 thousand rounds. However, replacing breech block locks and slides aftBr every ,25 thousand rounds and making routi:r:J.e checks after every 6 hundred was held stopnakes to a minimum. F~ur extra guns were maintained ~. in a ready state by both jet squadrons to reulace broken guns in returning aircraft en short notice. Four additional guns were maintained to perrr.it exchanging of an entire gun assembly on the fli£;ht deck v.,rhen guns were due for routine cheok. This procedure permitted work to be done on the guns. on the hangar dBok ~r in a ~heltered armory away from the coid weather. ~

One accidental firing of an F2H-2 20I\·:;}1 gun on the fligh~ deck occurred as a result of a broken breech block locking sear partially jamming the gun before the locking sear had been en~aged and after a failure of air pressure while taxiing out of 'he arresting gear after an arrested landing.

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b. BOIJ3S

Co~siderable trouble has been encountered with the MK 55 bomb rack during cold weather operations. I\;,oisture collects in the release solen~id and freezes with a restiltant inoPerative rack and hung bomba This malfunction was especially prevalent.the first flight after a non-operating day and occurred most frequently~ in racks mounted on the starb&3rd wing where the epenings on the rack were UP when the wings were folded. This problem has been solved by ciea~ing the release solenoid nlunger 9nd lubricatin~ tte core of the solenoid with 6old weather grease Prescribed in 01111 GVl$-51 for feed mechanism lubri,~ati~n and the other moving parts of the rack withE-51 gun ..-,11. It was found.that hung bombs caused by frozen release solenoids could.be dropned by keeping the elect~ical circuit to the rack close& up· to two minutes thereby generating heat in the solenoid to ~elt the ice •

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suppression missions. The T-91 fuze, has given excellent results ·, - .but the T-9_0 fuze has not 'Oerfo:.~med satisfactorily.

Sway braces for the EK 55 bo!Tlb rack installe::d on the F9F-2, . after being modified have given satisfactory service under heavy usage of the 250 pound G.P. bomb.. The modific7ttion c_onsisted of welding pieces of sto~k shaped to the curvat~re of the 250 nound G.P. bomb to the original sway braces, thereby producing a lopger, more effective sway_brace.

The Aero 14 A bomb and ro~ket iauncher installed on the F2H-2 is moderately satisfactory. :tl~Dc?ated difficulty was exnerienced in rel<:::asing 500 uo.und G. P. bombs at high speeds. l'~ost failures were at speeds of 375 to 450 knots. No bombs were returned to :the ship but as high as 20% of those carried would release only at slower speeds. It was found that the bomb c6uld usually be released in a run if a slight negative liQH force was applied at the moment of release •. It annears that the releasing so··_enoid might not be strong enough to DrGperly release 500 pound bombs at high speeds. All launchers were checked for releasing a~tion en deck and were found to function n'rmally before and after each flight ..

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Rocket pigtails still break but to lessen this trouble on the F2H-2 an added bracket was built-and installed ort-the four out­board launchers with notches to shiD the nigtail after the pig­tail was Plugged in.

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a. DM-:AGE . TO El\~EEY

DAI'-IAGED

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DEC JAN TOTAL

TAt~KS TRUCKS AUTOIVIOBIL:SS

. LOC~TGTIVES OXCARTS HIGh'~'.T.I~Y BRIDGES HIGif·7AY BY-PASSES HIGif•.rAY CULVERTS SUPPLY nm·:ps 1'TAREHOUSES

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B~RRACKS & BUILDINGS 20 GUN EI':tFLJ.CE~IJ:jNT S 3 LUT:BER. PILES BOATS 1 BUNKZRS RAILROAD TR~CK CUTS RAILROAD C.4RS. RAILRO~D BRIDGES 3 RAILROhD BY-PASSES 2 ~AILROAD TURNT~BLES

. RAILRO~D Tm:N:GLS TROOPS KILLED

OBSERVATION ?OSTS FACTORIES .:.r-·TI-iO DUI'IP $ FOi\J'ER INST.1LL.'>-TIONS _.,)

7 7 134 143 ,...,

7 (

26 26 31 31

0 8 u

4 4

28 28 6 6

244 264 51 54 1 1

25 26 2 2

44 44 181 181 39 42 20 22 3 3 4 4

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-· . CVG5/Ai6-I3/(cfc) Serial 06-52 ·

2 Febru.J.ry 1952

n·<,STROYYD DSC JAN TOTAL

2 2 1 Q ~v 100 118

3 3 ·l 16 17

~ 68 73 ./

2# 2 1 l 2 2

12 12 \ 5 5

29 198 227 20 20

3 5 8 - 8 8

202% 1374 1576 1!8 R8

4 32 36 32 32 3 3 ~

10 569 579 ..

.:.. l l l l l 1 3 3

* These figures include only targets uositively identified and the act~~l damaged observed. Unobserved damage or unidentified tar­gets are not tabulated.

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# Bridges with at least one complete break are counted as destroyed~ . ·_ . . . . .

,. % Damages where tracks are broken or cratered are counted as rail cuts.

NOTE: DECZiiiBER COLUMN 26 ·DSC 31 D~C J :·,NUARY COLUT·m . l ,JJ..N 31 J) .. N

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b, D:\l\1;,.GE TO 0'\TN AIRCRAFT FOR P~,RIOD

D,\TE TYPE A/_C D!tHAGE '

VF-51

12-29-51 F9F-2 Bullet Holes

VF-53

12-30-51 F4U-4B Bullet Holes 12-30-51 F4U-4B Bullet Holes 12-30-51 F4U-4B Bullet Holes 12-30-51 F4U-4B Flak Holes

VF-54

12-29-51 1-:.D-4 Bullet Holes 12-30-51 l~D-3 Flak Holes 12-30-51 /.J.D-4 B1J.llet Holes 12-30-51 . :i.D-41 Flak Holes 12-30···51 -~D-4 Bullet Holes

VF-51

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2 February 1952

28 - 31 DECE~~BER 1951

INFLICTED BY

30 cal. ,, n

50 cal. 20JI'IT'i 50 cal. Unknown

50 cal. ~ H

'3'n~ I 50 cal • I 3 711'1 T 30 cal. ' i'l. .

DAM.;GE TO o:~rN _;;.IRCrL\FT ?OR ?~1IOD l - 31 J.~~m;~RY 1952 .I

l-1-52 F9F;_2 1-2-52 F9F-2 l-2-52 F9F-2 l-3-52 F9F-2 l-5.-52 F9F-2 1-6-52 F9F-2

1-11-52 F9F-2B 1-13-52 F9F-2B 1-15-52 F9F-2B l-15-52 F9F-2B 1-19-52 F9F-2 1-19-52 F9F-2B

·1-22-52 F9F~2B 1-26-52 F9F-2

l-27-52 F9F-2 1-27-52 F9F~2

F9F-2 F9F-2

Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes . · Flak Holes Plane crashed to earth. ExDloded on impact. Bu:tlet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet-Holes Bullet ·Holes Plane crashed with Filet. Believed projectile hit main fuel line to engine. Bullet Holes Bullet Holes

Bullet Holes Bullet fl .... les

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8YITvi A 30 cal. D 911IM A 911: A l2.7MH · D 2QIITivi T 20MN T Unknown

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12. 7Wv1 A 25 cal. A&· Bomb Blast 12. ~'IM A l2.7I'JV1 A

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D4'~TE

l-2-52 l-2-52

l-6-52 l ;' - ..... _-0-~t:~

1-6-52 1-6-52 l-2-52 l-9-52 l-ll-52 l-13-52 l-21-52 1-22-52

1-22-52

l-22-52 l-27-52 l-29-52

~~1.:.5-52

l-5:..52 1-5-52 1-6-52 l-6-52 l-6-52 l-8-52 1-2-52 l'-B-52 1-9-52 l-9-52 l-9-52 l-9-52

l~ll-52 f-11-52

l-12-52 l-12-52

TYPE' A/C

FltU-Lt.B F4U-4B

F4T' I B U-Lf F4TJ.,.4B· F4 1J-hB F4U-l~B H'·4 TT J "Q .. . !._·-4.L•

F4'J-4B F4U-hB F4tT-t4-B FL"U-4B F4U-4B

F4U-hB

F4TJ-4B rl'4'' Y·TL .... u~ l'J

F4U-4B

niJ -1+ h.:J-.3 .~D- .3 J~D-4 :~D-:4 r\.D-'2 J.,D-41 ;~[;~2

,:,:J-4 .J.D-3 . ,..... "" ;Lu- j

~~I)-L~ AD-3

:\.J-4L ,ciJJ-2

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2 February 1952

VF-53

INFLICTED BY

Bullet Holes 30 cal. Bullet and Shrapnel Holes 3~ & 50 cal.

Bullet Hclc:s Bullet Holes Bullet Ho2.es Bullet Hole.s Bullet Eo1es Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet~Holes Bulle~ Holes 1

Shrapnel, .30 cal~ 30 cal. .30 cal. 30 cal, 30 cal~ 50 cal, 50 0al. 30 oal. 30 cal.

Pilot bailed cut due to 2QT<TI1 fire in ~o~kDit. Plane cra~hedG ·

&

Pilot attemuted t·:> drop raft to helicouter crewman in water. Raft caught in tail of I '· . ~;c. Plane crashed on beach. -~/C exnloded ar:d crashed in w.ater. Flak Holes 3 (1·TI•1 Bullet· Holes 2mTI'~

VF-54

Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Flak Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Flak Holes

· Bullet Holes B11llet Holes Plane burst in with uilot.

•Flak Holes .Plans crat>Led minutes after BulletJ Eoles Bullet Eoles

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flarr:es and

"tVi tf1 lJilot \

take-off~

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50 cal. 30 cal. )T"II·• .!_· .J. .... 'T'

30 cal. 30 cal. 2 (jlj]\1 I

h.

50 ~al. 50 cal. t::n _.,1\..J cal. 37 r:lM 30 cal. 30 cal. crasted

3T'1r. "' .I·· ·1 .l.

three

30 cal, 50 cal.

T

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2 F,ebruary 1952

-D:UI~GE TO Qi)N ';.IRCR:\FT FOR P(:RIOD 1.- 31 J;\KU;.RY 1952

D\TE

1-13-52 1-13-52 l-13-52 l-13-52 l-15-52

l-15-52 l-15-52 l-1.5-52

1-16-52 l-::!.6-52 l-16--52 1-16-52 l-16-52 1-18-52 l-21-52 1-21-52 1-21-52 l-21-52 l-21-52

l-22-52 1-23-52 l-26-52 l-2'7-52 l-27~52 1-30-52

l-2-52 l-3-52 l-6·-52 l-6-52 l-9-52 1-9-52 l-9-52

l-12-52

· )l.D-2 _.'..D-2 :i.D-41 r\D-4 -~D-4N1

rl.D-4-AD-3

;~D-41 AD-4, :;·f:'-41 l-iD-41 AD-4 /~D-4 AD-41 liL~-3 '-D 4, ;-~. ,_ ;\D-4 !:.D -it-

F?H-2 F2H-2

. F2H-2 F2H-2 F2H-2 F2H-2 F2H-2·

F2H-2

1•1;' 5 I J 1.- t+

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DXr·L~GE INFLIGT'SD

Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet exlJloded in feed meGhanism starting small f" _._lre.

30 cal. 20liJ\T 30 cal. 30 cal, 2m1.1

Bullet Hol~s 50 Buliet Holes 50

cal. cal,

A/C hit in engine resulting in complete loss of oil, ~ontroiled landing made in \,knsan Harbor. Unknm\'11 Bullet'Holes 30 cal. Bullet Holes 30 cal. Dents in Starboard wing Bullet Holes

, Bullet Holes Flak Holes B:1llet Holes Bullet Holes Bullet-Holes Bullet Holes

38 cal. 30 cal. 30 cal. 3 7I''I'1 F 50 cal. 50 cal. 30 cal. 30 C!ll. 20MN E

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r. ,-~,

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A '· 11.

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BY

'\>:,

... Shell hit engine and'ex­ploded bn ~ontact, Plane ditched,

. - -- --- -~---~·-

Plane ditched in water Flak Hole~ Bullet Eales Bullet Holes Bullet Holes Plane ditched

~TF , 7.-,. ~ -..!.; "-

B11llet Holes Bullet Boles Flak Hol<3S Bullet Holes B~1llet Holes · Flak: Bcles-

in water

~'rped ail0ron and l~rge dent v;hen EV.-;R went off. Bullet Holes

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Unknown 3 711'1 E 50 cal. 2m~~= ;.. 3 0 cal.

30 cal._ · A 30 cal,·· 8Sl'IH 2m1'~ E 881<iM & 30 cal. A .+m'J.~ E

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.2 February 1952

~

Dl~I·LGE TO 0T'·1~ ·~I.RC1 .FT FOR p;·:.:liCD l ..,.. 31 J,~?JU cRY 1952

D-~TE TYPE . /'' Jl'J

l-12-52 F2H-2 l-15-52 F2ii-2 l-19-52 F2}f-2

l-21-52 F2H-2 l-21-52 E'2I-1-2 l-26-52 F2H-2 l-27-52 F2H-2

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VF-172

Bullet Holes 12. ?Y:M B~llet Holes JO cal, Pla~e burst into flames and crashed uith pilot. ExDlodE:d ;;?9~ irr.E2,ct. .DUJ..J..et r;cle s

B'.<llet Eole s B".lllet. Holes

-- I riO..LeS

Unknown 12 • 7I,'IJVI , 2 7'.i'1'r.l .l.. • l"i.J.''

12, '7I·'IUI 12. 71/iM

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S:.)ri 1 06-52

2 February 1952

P~RT V. PER30NNEL

a. OFFICER

At tha end of four (4) 1')2riod,s of operations in the combat area, the pilot factor of 1.5 for squadrons daployed is b2li2.ved· to be realistic in view of the losses sustained and the average number of sorties required by current ooerating Plans. ~t this point, additional losses would in all probability necessitate the requirement of reDlacement pilots, which would be considered undesirable in view cf the time reauired to integra~e new oilots into the taams (}f the squs.drons. It is strongly recommer.ded that the 1.5 oilot factor remain in eff0ct for all squadrons in order that sustained opers.tional comrnittments may be met.

The follovving is a breakdown of combs.t Dilot casualties suffered by Air Group duriLg the o~riod 22 August 1951 to 31 January 1952;

NUI-BER PILO'l'S ON-BO -~:m DEPLO:-~··.D ll

~-.} A~: l--';:~ 52 C/~ 31T_tJ.LrriE S

CVG-5 Staff 2 2 0 VF·-51 24 19 5 VF--1?2 27 21~~ - 5 VF-53 r- I 2o~:~~( 3 LJ+

VF-54 29 24% 3 VC-3 6 5# 0 VC-11 5 5 0 VC-35

,.. 5 1 0

VC-61 -~ I 0 • _J±_

TOT!~L 127 105 22 ·; * One (1) officer transferred f6r di~charge,

** Dne (1) officer ATAD FASRon SEVEN, San Diego~ ~-; Truee (3) replacement pilots re~ort in Decemqer 1951~ # Change of teams effected with five (5) reoorting •

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b. l ENLISTED

lJ~ Commcmts

c. CASUALTIES

The Air Group suffered th2 follcwing casualties during this reporting period:

ENS Glen Howard RICYRLTCN, 527$3~/1315 1 U3rR, VF-51, .. . ft h . t b t . . ... f . _, . ' f . hlrcra , · .• l . y an l-,-alrcra .... t lra ~~urlng str? lng run, orasted· and burned. Kill2d in action on 6 January 1952.

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lJ£CLASSIFIE~ 2 Fe"Qruary 1952

c. C~SUALTIES.(Co~~'d) 'I

LT Harold J; ZENN~R, 413~93/1310, USN, VF-54~ ·wounded on 6 January 1952 when enemy anti~airoraft fire ' shattered the canopy of his aircraft. Fragmen':,s of metal and p1exiglass penetrated his right eye. Transfarred, to U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokdsuka. '

ENS Raymond GeneiKELLY, 50glS7/l315, JSRRi VF-54t Aircrdft hit by anti-aircraft fira, plane nosed over in naar ·rertical dive, crashed and exDlodod. Killed in act: ion · on 9 January 1952.

LTJG Joseph Henry GOL~N£R, 5214~1/1310, USN, VF-54. Following norr:1al taka-off, plane jettisoned one lOO'il DOUnd borr.b 1 then climted to an estimated 900 fe::;t~ I'~ade three ... shallow right turns, the last turn steenoning into a nose down spiral, and thon crashed. Two helicoDters conducted fruitless search. Killed on 11 January 1952.

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T'Iajor Fr3.ncis Norman IIcCOLLC'I'I, .6326A' TJS.~F' vF::..172. Aircraft hit by anti-aircr2ft fire during strafing run, crash.ad and burned. Ki1lsd in action on 19 January 1952,

LTJG Leonard Ray CHt:SHT?LE, 496751/1315, U.3rR, VF-51,, Aircraft hit by anti..-aircraft fire. During ditching process in Wcnsan Harbor, ejection seat actuated at about 100 to 200 feet. Search proved fruitless.- Kill~d on 26 January ~952.

Tha strenuous onerations currently conducted imuos8 . . .. !

t~emendous demands upon flying personnel. The concept,of :\!orld \·Jar II operations when Task Fcrc-3 s cruised continually, seeki~~-out th~ enemy and, then,'mnking all-out efforts in strikes against his forc~s-and installations fer o~riods of short duratiorl does not hold in the Korean Theatre. Due-to the lack of enemy oppositio~ off the coast of Korea;· Task Force 3EVSKTY 3EVEK is able to r0main continuous~y withiri striking range,of enemy fordes and installations; thus, the Navy's air w1.r can be, and is, carried to the enemy e.lmost at will and persistently. , - · ·

Current operating ulans-r~quire eacn carrier with-e~barked Air Group to remain ·.-lith T2sk Force 3"S'.J:IrTY .S2;Vt:l\r for a p:riod of about 30 days, ard with an availaoility p·:=riod in uort ·of . 10 days, TJ.s.s •. ,:ssrx (CV-9) d·2-c1ar+:ed Yokosuka on 26 Dec.ember 1951 and joine.J. T:tsk. Force S T2''i.'Y T.::VE~T on 28 D0cember 1951. Cn 29 Lee ember, air oporatio::::s 1,;-,jr ·: co:n:rJenc·.:;d for the' fourth operating period. During this ojriod 1 the tell-tale effects of fa~igue began to sh~w its marks aft2r 20 days. The list

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DfCLASSJ FlED. CVG5/Al6~l3/(cfd) S-2rial 06-52

2 February 1952

d. cor:-.:c~NTS ::.ND ?.'COn~.ND.,TIONS (Cont'd)

day of operati0ns end~d on Jl. January 1952 after 37 days out of port and ncombat fatigue 11 was aDparent in varying; degrees among a percentage o{ the nilots.

The av~raga n~mber of sortiss for the Air Grouu for tha p2riod 22 Aupust 1951 to 31 January 1952 is 56 sorties ner ~ilot, with Fight2r Squadron FIFTY TfffiEE averaging 66 sor~ies 1'F?r pilot ..

In view of the above, an oper~tion u~riod of 21 days, with· 6 days i:1 port a'id. 4 days e:nrcute, is b_.aliaved to be outimum .. The negative effect of longer p:cricds are considered to have detrimental affects, both physical a~d psychological, on the flying personnel, with a high orcbability of many ~eing -grounded.

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PART VI. OPER .. TIONS

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IJECLASSI FlED CVG5/Al6-13/{cfc) ,Sarial 06-52

2 February 1952

The fourth combat p2riod for Carri3r Air Grouu FIIR in the operat:Lrig area ~nds with the rr,ajor effort b(dng piaced on

r interdiction of cncrr.y lines of ccr.1r:mnication,.

Operatin~ ~rocedures of the Air Group have not chPn~ed to any gr2at extent but tta methcds of conductin~ the interdiction urogram ta're been revised sine e this "~ir Groun first entered thg combat area last ~ugust. The rail cutting urogram has been continued throughout this neriod but instead of cutting track over a wide arei, tha conc~pt has bee~ to meke concent~atad breaks in one socticn of track for sev~r~l mi2s. It is believJd that by this method the enemy will be u~able to m~ka renairs readilyo Tha effectiveness of this program is e~emnlified by the fact that no rail traffic tas moved ever the target route, Kowe~1 to ',':on s::m, sin.2e tb; prcgre,m 'da s initiated 18 J an:.:ary.

Key brid~es and by-uasses·ware also assi~nad as Drimary t::;rgets on the ~3ast-·flast rail rou-:.es E'<lJng -"'·'ith the eastern railroqdo Bridge targets are h~~vily protected by anti-air­craft emplacements. The groun has continu~d to use the coordinated attacks for fiak ~uonression on these targets with excellent results.

Two F2H-2P ohcto aircraft were ordered to this gtoup during the operating n~riod and wcr2 found to be a great imorovement over the F9F-2P because of the types of cameras installed. Th0 F2H-2P has cne (l) K-3g camera with a 36 inch focal length and

...... tvm ( 2) K-17 s, one with a 12 ir:Lch foc·al length 'and one T;ri th a 6-inch focal length. The F9F-2P has tw~ (2) K-17s with 12 inch focal length.

Fighter Squadron ~IFTY FOUR installed a K-17 camera with a 24 inch focal length in a wing n::tckage en thcl AD aircraft and has obtained excellent results for target assessment. This camera is a gre·t imorovement over the K-25 which is most­generally used for this type of work. i renort of construction and installation of th2 K-i7 camera package is being submitted by sep,rate corresDondence~

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FLT'}HT S~.l)}'('-~"X __ ~Y- CCJ;B~T --:0 :.TJ!·~3

F2H-2P 0 A/C TYPE : · F9F-2 F9F-2P F2H-2 -F4U-4B F4U-5NL ,-,D-4 'r 4tTT '·D fv TOT:.I.J

1+-l .:!, :- ~J..J ..~· ... -"-+- .'

0 SQ1LD::?.ON : VF-51 VC-61 VF-172 VF-5.3 VC-.3 VF-54 VC-3 5 VC-11 ~

IvTCt~T II :·Df!:C JAN:-DEC J:~N!·D,~C tLLN:DEC J .. N:DEC "T lN:DL~C J:.~r:::J::;;c J\N~ly.:c J~N;JLC J.<N T\'T,:_r, ~--........_N -------- ____ ___..__ ___ --- ... --~· ·-·---,---------C"\ lr"\ I .~ . .-il h.O STHIKZ . 48: •· 71: .35 340: ~ 33 319: t 68 (''78 846 ~-

'-00 ..

c"·.p :: 12 165: .· :. 12 140: ., ')4 305 329 : .-i ~ {...

..::; r-i RECCO : 24 193:- : 20 175 :· : 44 J68 412 ~· -.........m lr"\ ·rl PHOTO •.. •· . 8 •'•'")4 ... 8 87 95 :.

-~ . . ..., ..... ,..., .

(]) 63: ' (/) PHOTC

ESCORT "' f 35: . 4 47: • 8. 182 .--·--90--:~ .. I+ . "

0 ,_~.~p . . 2 7')• 2 '72 7' . . . 1-- ... •. · ' "+ •

I..L.J : .. uP I

.... ~.., ..,, "T .... T . • 6~ 4: 38 ~ 2 21+: •· 2 72 74 : _ G: LoCUl( . . • • -· NGF . . 4 32~ . 4: ~. 4 16 4-0 ::. ... . . .

C/) IECKV~~R . ... 3 33 :. ~· 5 2'/.: . 8 6o ;~ ~ .. . • ~ '. .. · ...... . U") FIGHT.GR

' • c::t: SW -,.r· P •· • 4 .. • 4 4 :. . --J ''·"£J •· . . . C,_) FIGHTER L{.J ESCORT •· . 2: ~ •· 0

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TOTAL ROR COI1B"'l.T Pt~R 481 • .

8

95

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87; ~o 433: 39 jao:

:· • 4 73 .. . h19 :

,;, F2H ... 2F PHOTO PL ·.NE NOTE:.

2:. . ' 2 .-) . . ... . • 2: •· 2. 2 ~· .

3 39: 34 :361: ,_,

53:. 0 72 !·172 1867 ( {..,

1+2 ~ 3 95 60 74 ' : . 2039

CQffi~T P~RIJD COV~R~D Z6 !~C 1951 - 31 J~N 1952

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-TOTAL COMBAT HOURS

: DEC J1N :TOTAL~

CVG5/116-13/(cfc} Serial 06-52

2 February 1952

;.,. VER.:.GE COCB:. T \ v::::n_·,GE cmTBl~ T HOUR PKR T-'ILOT ?ORTIE :07'1 DILOT

DEC : JAN : TOT~L: DSC : J~N : TOT~L:

VF-51 : 59.6; 678.4:738.0~ 2.9: 34,0: 36.9: 2.0: 22.0! 24.0:

VF-172: 62.9~ 734.8:797.-7: 3.0: 35.0: 38.0: 1~9: 21.5; 23.4:

VF-53 111 • 7 : l 09 8 • 9 :J21 0 •. 6 : 5 .. 6 : 54 ~ 9 : 6 0 • 5 : l • 9 : 19 • 0 : . 2 0 • 9 ;

VF-54 ~ 97.3~1038.7:1136,0: 3~5~ 41 .. 9: /, r::. 1... -r..J• ·r 17.0:

VC-3 8.5: 101!9:110.4: 1.7: 20.4: 22.1; .. 6: 7. 8:

VC-11 : .6:. 31.0: 31.6r

VS-35 ~ 19 2 , 69 2 ~ ~Q I o;., ..L • :.L ... L:e.L.t-: 4 .. 8: 33 .. 8; 1.8: 13,2~ 15.0:

TOT;.L :,V'i-R : 374.0:4064.8:4432:.8: 3 r:. '::\4 2· . ....... . --- .. .. 3 7.-2: 1.,.4 ~- 16 ~ 2:

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2 February 1952

PART VII. MAINTENANCE.

a, CONVENTIOHAL MAINTENANCE

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b. JET HAINTENANCE

Although all TJ-~1 barome~ric unit aneroid shafts in F9F-2s were closely inspected aEd ciled prior to com.rnencing operations .c~ 28 recember, many instances of aner3id shaft seizure continued to occur,- After fifteen days cf operating, all shafts were insoected and fou~ were found to be frozen~ Engines a~ain have been checked, all shaft~ removed, cleaned, ar.d coated with ~1Io1ybdenum Jis'~lfide lk. 2. S'uffi;:~ ie:-1t time has not elaosed since the Eolycoat has been applied and accurate inform,,+~ ion as to its ability to 'Crevent re-oc ('>'.lrr­ence sf the difficulties is not yet available. Pump surging as rept:;rted in tLe las~ acticn reoort tas been vir~ually ~liminated by careful and punctuai cleaning of the fuel pump filters~ However, the lack of replacement seals and filters is beginning to cat~se i:p.ternal leaks ·v-;hich eveEtually will necessitate pump reolacement.

The first AnG items to· be rec;uisi tione:i for F'9F-2s since corr;mencing comba+:, operatioiJ.s occ1irred during this period.. The lac~ cf adequate support to the parent sunnly agency-aboard has re~ulted in depleting the reserve stocks, causing serious shortages in many items.· AOG stub requisiticns submitted this pericd are:

Damper, shimmy lT • • . • • "l ~nlt, 1gn1t1r.:n 7f llivt~r

:8.52-HL-A-14096 R85-GL.-'I.l-3400-l Rl? -1'-·I-3196-50

Amplifier, master compass RSS-A-499

Otter items'for F9F-2s that are corisidere:i critical include:

Tip Tanks, Right & Left Pumps, fuel Seal Seal Filter assemblv Stabilizer asserr.bly Ring 7 p~oking -

Pc82-GF(-l3 2860 R85-BPD-36$005-BU,BL ?.85-BPD-368532 R85-BPD.,...J61608 ,. 0 -:- -r -· -; 3 L. o 5 C: 9 rtu~-bt' ~·- 00 .) ' '

E82-GR-l3 09&8 IT85~BPD-316-S-l4

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PART VIII. HATERIAL

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2 February 1952

For the F2H-2s, the lack oT main landing gear wheels is becoming criticalo At nresent seven (7) wheels are anproaching the safety limits ~n~, if new wheels are not received in the near future 7 it is likely that the F2H-2s will become AOG.

Due te the large number of hits by anti-aircraft fire, and the type of repair necessary to repair the damage, lack of ':.he mere coml!lon metal extrusions is becoming anparent. N<' extrusicn~ common to the F2H-2s are in sto~k at present and it is recom!Tlended that a stock of extrusicns be maintained aboard shin such that more structural renairs ~an be accomp­lished thereby reducing tte number of st~uctural replaceme~ts necessary.

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