Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 on the USS Randolph. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

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F4U-4 Corsair of the Checkmates

October 8, 2014

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Vought F4U-4 Corsair of U.S. Navy Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 (VBF-82) “Checkmates” on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) in 1946. (U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation Photograph.)

Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 on the USS Randolph. (U.S. Navy Photograph.) — (U.S. Navy Photograph.)

On the crowded flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, Grumman TBF-1 Avengers, and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless prepare for a strike in November 1943.

USS Saratoga Aircraft

The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Thumper of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group photographed after a belly landing in January 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

B-17F “Thumper” Belly Landing

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