Skin for Vertigo studios F9F-5 Panther representing F9F-2f Unit: VF-123, US Navy Serial: 308/D (Bu No.125096) CVA-9 USS Essex NAS Alameda, CA. While flying with USN VF-837, at NAS Moffett Field, CA.
125096 (VF-837, F9F-2B) ditched in Yellow Sea near USS Antietam (CV-36) while returning from a mission due to engine flameout Feb 4, 1952. Pilot survived AND was rescued by Navy HO3S-1 helicopter.
