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Caption | F4U-4B Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 being equipped with 12.7cm napalm canisters and HVAR rockets aboard USS Badoeng Strait off Korea, 1 Dec 1950 ww2dbase | |||||||
Date | 1 Dec 1950 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-425648 | |||||||
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15 Jun 2017 05:59:08 AM
The aircraft is armed with 127mm aircraft rockets (5 inch) not napalm canisters. Bad news for the other side on arrival.