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Caption | B-25 Mitchell bomber and F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck of USS Hornet while en route toward Japan, Apr 1942, photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Date | 5 Apr 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 5 Apr 1942 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
Photo Size | 1,046 x 840 pixels |
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David Stubblebine says:
7 May 2016 11:19:35 AM
To Anonymous above:
I did not add this photograph to the Database but I provided the caption information about the F4F-3 Wildcats and, of course, you are completely correct. F4F-3s had fixed wings and Wildcats with folding wings were introduced with the F4F-4. The caption has been updated and thank you for offering this correction.

7 May 2016 11:19:35 AM
To Anonymous above:
I did not add this photograph to the Database but I provided the caption information about the F4F-3 Wildcats and, of course, you are completely correct. F4F-3s had fixed wings and Wildcats with folding wings were introduced with the F4F-4. The caption has been updated and thank you for offering this correction.
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7 May 2016 07:27:23 AM
Aren't they F4F-4 with folding wings ?