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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-PR-1154

Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighter
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of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)

Prepares to take off from USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa October 1941.
The plane's pilot is probably Lt. John S. Thach, VF-3 Commanding Officer.

Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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27 May 1999