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80-G-212469 Lockheed PV-1 "Ventura" night fighter

Lockheed PV-1 "Ventura" night fighter
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Title: Lockheed PV-1 "Ventura" night fighter
Caption: Of VMF-N-531, parked at Vella la Vella, Solomon Islands, 13 January 1944. Note plane's nose, modified with four additional .50 caliber machineguns and an airborne intercept radar. Also note nickname "Chloe" on nose. Photographed by Unit Acorn 10.
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Catalog #: 80-G-212469
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographed by Unit Acorn 10.
Original Date: Thu, Jan 13, 1944
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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