Corsair Mk II fighter aboard an escort carrier in the Indian Ocean, 1945; note outrigger device which allowed the fighter to extend beyond the flight deck thus saving deck space

Caption     Corsair Mk II fighter aboard an escort carrier in the Indian Ocean, 1945; note outrigger device which allowed the fighter to extend beyond the flight deck thus saving deck space ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   A29037
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Photo Size 800 x 590 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
23 Dec 2012 01:41:14 PM

The Imperial War Museum identified the escort carrier as HMS Khedive, but HMS Khedive operated only Hellcat fighters during the war.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
6 May 2014 01:40:10 PM

DEEP SIX CORSAIRS:

At the end of WWII many lend lease corsairs were dumped overboard. Airworthy fighters just thrown away. A few years later in Korea, those fighters could have been very useful.
Those aircraft should have been returned to Uncle Sam as they were only borrowed. In any contract, there must have been some small print somewhere
I'm only guessing here...

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