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A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter piloted by Ens. Lyman Fulton of Fighting Squadron 10 (VF-10) Grim Reapers prepares for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) before the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, on 24 October 1942. Note the small bright number "17" on the engine cowling (17th plane of VF-10). John B. Lundstrom in The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, page 340, identifies this plane as BuNo 5229. |
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| Source | US Government (http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/usna-img-z--1200030&ref=October+1942) Although from a commercial site, the site lists the source as "US Navy Archives" which means the image is from the US government. Original works of the US Government are public domain documents. U.S. Naval Aviation News Spring 2013 [1], p. 19. |
| Author | US Navy |
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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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| current | 04:35, 17 June 2006 | | 600 × 460 (39 KB) | Cla68 | == Summary == {{Information| |Description= An F4F Wildcat fighter prepares for launch from ''Enterprise'' on October 24, 1942. |Source= US Government (http://www.cv6.org/noumea/default.asp?uri=detail/usna-img-z--1200030&ref=October+1942) Although from a c |
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