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USMC 129356 Vought F4U "Corsair"

Photo #: USMC 129356 Vought F4U "Corsair"
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Title: Vought F4U "Corsair"
Description: Photo #: USMC 129356 Vought F4U Corsair, of a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron Fires a salvo of eight five-inch rockets at a Japanese position in southern Okinawa, circa early June 1945. Photographed from the observer pod of a P-38 Lightning by Marine Corps combat photographer Lieutenant David Douglas Duncan, USMCR. The photo plane, only about 40-50 feet behind the F4U, was knocked out of control by the rocket blast and nearly crashed. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.
Catalog #: USMC 129356
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