MAKE A MEME View Large Image F4F-4 wings folded.jpg A U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter BuNo 5171 of Fighting Squadron Three VF-3 at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Oahu on 29 May 1942 with ground crewmen folding the starboard wing On 4 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway ...
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Keywords: F4F-4 wings folded.jpg A U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter BuNo 5171 of Fighting Squadron Three VF-3 at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Oahu on 29 May 1942 with ground crewmen folding the starboard wing On 4 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway this plane was flown by Lieutenant Commander John S Thach VF-3's Commanding Officer during the afternoon combat air patrol defending USS Yorktown CV-5 wherein Thach probably shot down Lieutenant Joichi Tomonaga leader of the attacking Japanese torpedo planes Official U S Navy Photograph http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/midway/80-G-66154 html 80-G-66154 now in the collections of the National Archives 1942-05-29 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat Backwards-folding wings Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay Battle of Midway US forces John S Thach
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