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80-G-439846 Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter

Photo #: 80-G-439846 Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter
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Title: Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter
Description: (Bureau Number 122716), of squadron HU-1 Rescues Lieutenant (Junior Grade) M.E. Thompson, USN, pilot of a Vought F4U-5N Corsair fighter (Bureau No. 124501) that crashed on takeoff from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at 1345 hours, 27 January 1951, off the Korean coast . Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-439846
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