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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-37932

Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-1943


Marine Corps Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter at Henderson Field, 2 February 1943.
Markings under the cockpit indicate that this plane has been credited with shooting down 19 Japanese aircraft, while being flown by several different pilots.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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18 January 2001