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Caption | Four F4U Corsair fighters practicing aerial maneuvers, Mar-May 1943; probably stateside training. Photo 2 of 2. ww2dbase | ||||
Date | May 1943 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||
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Bill says:
24 Dec 2015 09:22:03 PM
FORMATION FLYING: BY THE BOOK
Second F4U-1 Corsair in flight, is numbered F-27 could be from VF-12 on a training flight off San Diego, California, 1943. Early F4U camouflage was blue gray upper surface and a medium gray undersurface. If anybody has more info post it here, I'd like to read it.

24 Dec 2015 09:22:03 PM
FORMATION FLYING: BY THE BOOK
Second F4U-1 Corsair in flight, is numbered F-27 could be from VF-12 on a training flight off San Diego, California, 1943. Early F4U camouflage was blue gray upper surface and a medium gray undersurface. If anybody has more info post it here, I'd like to read it.
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