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CHANCE-VOUGHT CORSAIR

CHANCE-VOUGHT CORSAIR WRG#: 0000835.

Subject: F4U-1D Corsair
Location: PTO
Date: December 6, 1944
Author: U.S. Navy
Source: National Museum Of Naval Aviation
Copyright: Public Domain
WRG Ref #: 0000835
   Comments:
An F4U-1D Corsair of Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 85 up on its nose after striking the barricade when its hook missed the arresting wires while landing on board the carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV 38) on December 6, 1944
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