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80-G-K-15977 British Royal Navy WREN

Photo #: 80-G-K-15977 British Royal Navy WREN
Title: British Royal Navy WREN
Description: Tears the U.S. Star circle from the fuselage of a Grumman FM-1 Wildcat fighter, revealing British Fleet Air Arm markings underneath, as the plane is transferred to the Royal Navy to become a Martlet V. A U.S. Navy sailor is paying very close attention to particular aspects of the process. The ceremony took place at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, in September 1943. The plane bears British serial number JV-331. Photographed by Lieutenant Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-15977
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