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80-G-73394 A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter

Photo #: 80-G-73394 A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter
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Title: A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter
Description: Photo #: 80-G-73394 A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter Is lifted on board USS Long Island (ACV-1) from USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1), at Fila Harbor, New Hebrides, 28 August 1942. This plane was en route to Guadalcanal as part of the second group of U.S. Marine Corps planes to be based at Henderson Field. Note that the F4F's markings appear to have been taped over. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-73394
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