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NH 87953 Vought F4U-1C "Corsair"

Photo #: NH 87953 Vought F4U-1C "Corsair"
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Title: Vought F4U-1C "Corsair"
Description: Photo #: NH 87953 Vought F4U-1C Corsair Fighter (Bureau # 57569) At the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 January 1945. This plane has eight 5-inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) under its wings and two 11.75-inch (Tiny Tim) rockets mounted below its midsection. Note the tape covering the muzzles of its .50 caliber machine guns. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 87953
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