McDonnell F2H Banshee adalah pesawat jet tempur berbasis kapal induk satu kursi digunakan oleh Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat dan Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat 1948-1961.
Pesawat itu salah satu pesawat jet tempur Amerika utama yang digunakan selama Perang Korea dan satu-satunya jet tempur bertenaga yang pernah digunakan oleh Royal Canadian Navy, melayani RCN dari 1955 sampai 1962. Nama pesawat berasal dari mitologi Celtic banshee.
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