Caption | Crewmen spotting F4F-4 Wildcat fighter in Long Island's hangar deck, 17 Jun 1942; note other F4F-4 and SOC-3A aircraft present ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-14524 | ||||||||||
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Photo Size | 740 x 509 pixels | ||||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 17 Jun 1942 | ||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
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By 1942, the F4F-4 equipped all US carrier fighter squadrons, and remained the sole American shipboard fighter in service for the first half of the war, participating in all major naval battles and destroying 905 enemy aircraft for the loss of 178 machines.