Photo #: 80-G-12905 Brewster F2A-3 "Buffalo" fighter Rests in the flight deck gallery walkway after suffering landing gear failure while landing on board USS Long Island (AVG-1), off Palmyra Island, 25 July 1942. This plane is from Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211), the last Navy or Marine Corps unit to operate the F2A in a front-line capacity. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 590 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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22 March 2001