After serving in the Korean War, the USS Boxer went on ... service in the Navy too late to see combat in World War II.) The Grumman F9F Panther was a conservative design; it had straight wings ...

John Magda mounting his Blue Angel Panther in 1950. Courtesy Marni Magda Half a century of Winona, Minnesota winters had made a weary sight of the Grumman F9F Panther. When Dan Cherry saw a photo ...