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NH 97484 Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighters

Photo #: NH 97484 Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighters
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Title: Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighters
Description: Photo #: NH 97484 Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters Fly in tactical formation of four-plane divisions, comprised of two-plane sections, circa mid-1943. The planes are wearing the red-outlined national insignia briefly employed at that time. The original caption states, in describing that insignia: Note the new U.S. insignia, marked by the addition of a white bar, bordered in red, on each side of the star-and-circle. Formerly, U.S. insignia, the Jap rising sun and the German Cross all appeared as similar small dots to American pilots, when view(ed) at a distance. The original print is from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison files. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 97484
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