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Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett, U.S. Navy |
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English: Two U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat Fighting Squadron 3(VF-3) in flight near Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, on 10 April 1942. The planes are BuNo 3976 (F-1, foreground), flown by VF-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, and BuNo 3986 (F-13), flown by Lieutenant Edward H. O'Hare. On 20 February 1942, F-1, flown by Thach and Lt. Noel Gayler, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing two more bombers and a patrol plane. F-13, flown by Thach and Ensign Leon Haynes, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing another bomber and a patrol plane. Both of these aircraft were lost on 8 May 1942 with USS Lexington (CV-2), during the Battle of Coral Sea. |
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| Date | 10 April 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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80-G-10613 |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-10613 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-10613. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1] |
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| current | 19:24, 7 July 2018 | | 5,681 × 4,369 (9.42 MB) | Cobatfor | high-res |
| 15:12, 19 April 2009 |  | 740 × 598 (109 KB) | Felix Stember | removed caption bar | |
| 02:02, 4 November 2008 |  | 740 × 620 (111 KB) | Cla68 | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) in flight near Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, 10 April 1942. The planes are Bureau # 3976 (F-1, foreground), flown by VF-3 Commanding Officer Li |
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