File:F4U-1A Corsair VF-17 on Green Island 1944.jpeg

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Description A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1A Corsair (BuNo 17656) of Fighting Squadron VF-17 Jolly Rogers pictured on Nissan Island, Green Island Group, after making an emergency landing there. The airstrip had not yet been completed when the aircraft arrived.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7144.033
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location4° 30′ 02.84″ S, 154° 13′ 36.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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