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Photo #: NH 98101
Curtiss XF9C-1 fighter (Bureau # 8731)
Photographed on 27 April 1931, probably at Naval Air Station
Anacostia, D.C.
This experimental airplane was then undergoing flight tests for
possible use on board aircraft carriers. It was later converted
for operation with airships.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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