File:F8Fs on USS Tarawa (CV-40) 1948.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat fighters prepare to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40) in 1948. The aircraft were from Fighter Squadron VF-15A "Fighting 15A" (A-106, A-105), and VF-16A "Copperheads", assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 (CVAG-15).
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Source scan from Robert L. Lawson (ed.): The History of US Naval Air Power. The Military Press, New York (USA), 1985. ISBN 0-517-414813, p. 107. US Navy cited as source.
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