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80-G-16511 Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter

Photo #: 80-G-16511 Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter
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Title: Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter
Description: Photo #: 80-G-16511 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter, of Fighting Squadron Six (VF-6) Has its six .50 caliber machine guns tested on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6), 10 April 1942. Note open gun bays in the plane's wings and markings below the cockpit (6F9 with no dashes between letters and numerals). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-16511
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