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Caption | Corsair Mk II fighter aboard an escort carrier in the Indian Ocean, 1945; note outrigger device which allowed the fighter to extend beyond the flight deck thus saving deck space ww2dbase | ||||
Date | 1945 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | ||||
Identification Code | A29037 | ||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 800 x 590 pixels |
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Bill says:
6 May 2014 01:40:10 PM
DEEP SIX CORSAIRS:
At the end of WWII many lend lease corsairs were dumped overboard. Airworthy fighters just thrown away. A few years later in Korea, those fighters could have been very useful.
Those aircraft should have been returned to Uncle Sam as they were only borrowed. In any contract, there must have been some small print somewhere
I'm only guessing here...

6 May 2014 01:40:10 PM
DEEP SIX CORSAIRS:
At the end of WWII many lend lease corsairs were dumped overboard. Airworthy fighters just thrown away. A few years later in Korea, those fighters could have been very useful.
Those aircraft should have been returned to Uncle Sam as they were only borrowed. In any contract, there must have been some small print somewhere
I'm only guessing here...
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23 Dec 2012 01:41:14 PM
The Imperial War Museum identified the escort carrier as HMS Khedive, but HMS Khedive operated only Hellcat fighters during the war.