File:F4F-3 VF-71 at NAS Norfolk 1941.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat assigned to fighter squadron VF-71 on board the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on the runway at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), in 1941. Note the overall light gray paint scheme with white lettering and numbering in effect briefly during 1941. Established as bombing squadron VB-7 on 7 July 1939, the squadron was redesignated a fighter squadron on 1 July 1940. The squadron flew from Wasp in support of the invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942. Following that carrier's sinking, pilots were landbased at Espiritu Santo, and some supplemented the defense of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force. VF-71 scored seven kills during World War II, and was disestablished on 7 January 1943. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.229.057 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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