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U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT - 1922-1962 DESIGNATION SYSTEM
General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighters (part II)
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Photo #: NH 94875 General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter Gets a "wave-off"from the Landing Signal Officer, while attempting to land on USS Makin Island (CVE-93), circa 1944-45. Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-354753 First Line, Second Line (if any) Upended after a barrier crash on board USS Sable (IX-81), during pilot training in the Great Lakes, May 1945. Another FM-2 is flying past in top center. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions may be available through the National Archives. |
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Photo #: NH 94872 USS Makin Island (CVE-93) Crewmen pull a FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter back from the forward edge of the flight deck, after it flipped over in a "freak accident", circa 1944-1945. Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-243864 Ensign Darrell C. Bennett, A-V(N), USNR Stands beside his plane, a General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter, on board USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), 1 August 1944. Note pinup art and nickname "Smokey's Lucky Witch" adorning the engine cowling; what appears to be a Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10) insignia below the cockpit windshield; plane numbers ("27") in white on the wing leading edge and and in black under the lip of the cowling; and Ensign's Bennett's flight gear and .45 caliber M1911A1 pistol carried in a shoulder holster. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection Online Image: 94KB; 605 x 765 pixels Reproductions may be available through the National Archives. |
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