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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-420932

Vought F4U-4B "Corsair",

of Fighter Squadron 113 (VF-113)

Taxies forward on the flight deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), just before taking off to attack North Korean targets, circa 19 October 1950.
Note small bombs on the plane's wings and flight deck crewman signalling to the pilot.

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

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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30 July 1999