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F4U-4B Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 being readied for a mission aboard USS Sicily, off Korea, Aug-Nov 1950, Note the HVAR rockets. [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     F4U-4B Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 being readied for a mission aboard USS Sicily, off Korea, Aug-Nov 1950, Note the HVAR rockets. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-419929
More on...   
F4U Corsair   Main article  Photos  
HVAR   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 740 x 581 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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1. Anonymous says:
13 Apr 2021 12:01:54 PM

Hello I am a Former Marine Corps Veteran and I service from 1978 to 1986 and was in Operation Urgent Fury Grenada Oct 1983 . I lost fellow marines in Beirut Lebanon Oct 1983 to in the Marine Corps Barracks exposition. I am writing a book about my uncle who was in the RCAF and my father who was in the RCAF in WW 2 . Both were shot down and my uncle was a hero and died in being shot down in June 25th 1943 .

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