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80-G-14256 USS Long Island (AVG-1)

Photo #: 80-G-14256 USS Long Island (AVG-1)
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Title: USS Long Island (AVG-1)
Description: Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, Commanding Officer of squadron VGS-1, makes the ship's 2000th landing, 20 April 1942. He is flying a Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull scout-observation aircraft. Note lowered flaps and deployed leading edge slats on the upper wing. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-14256
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