
Caption | F4U-1 Corsair bouncing up on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill during an landing attempt, 1943; seen in Feb 1969 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News ww2dbase | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
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Photo Size | 467 x 280 pixels | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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