LOST WORLDS
FLIGHT JACKET COLLECTION
G-1 FLIGHT JACKET
VF-54, VF-151 (VF-653)
Korean War Grouping
Returned to family by sale.
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Commander J.M.
Rickabaugh's G-1, from the Korean War. On the right chest is VF-152, which, when
redesignated VF-54, later flew the first carrier sorties of the Korean War in June 1950, striking targets at
Pyongyang in Corsairs from USS Valley Forge (CVA-45), then supported the classic Inchon amphibious landing, MacArthur's swan song. J.M. Rickabaugh commanded
VF-151 (redesignated from VF-653), Air
Task Group One (left sleeve) in 1952-3, during which the squadron F9F-2 Panthers
conducted intense combat operations in the waning days of the Korean War from USS Boxer
(CVA-21). He Went on to become Executive Officer of USS Coral Sea. Cdr. Rickabaugh entered the
Naval Academy in 1942. This magnificent jacket came with a host of materials.
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