| Caption | F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps group MAG-33, Camp Pendleton, California, United States, 1948; seen in Jun 1948 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News ww2dbase | ||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||
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| Photo Size | 666 x 476 pixels | ||||
| Photos at Same Place | Camp Pendleton, California, United States | ||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
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"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time."Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, at Guadalcanal
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TRAINNG DAY: FLIGHT-LINE PRE FLIGHT
F4U-4 Corsair pilots and ground crew start the day running up engines and testing hydraulics for another training day. About 2,350 F4U-4's were built from early 1944 to 1946 survivor's flew in WWII and later Korea.
At the end of WWII in the Pacific both the US Navy and Marines had on strength 2,100 Corsairs. Squadrons were still carrier-based after WWII many flew with reserve and training units