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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-44605 USS Lexington (CV-16) A F6F-3 "Hellcat" of Fighting Squadron Sixteen (VF-16) gets the take-off flag from Lieutenant John M. Clark, during operations in the Gilberts and Marshalls, 23 November 1943. VF-16 pilots shot down seventeen Japanese aircraft on that day. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 520 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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22 February 2001