Title
Vought F4U Corsair fighters on the aircraft carrier "Intrepid",1944-45.
Caption
American single-engine Vought F4U Corsair fighter planes, preparing for take-off on the flight deck of the heavy aircraft carrier "Intrepid" of the US Navy, somewhere in the Pacific, 1944 or 1945.
The "Intrepid" is perserved as a floating museum in New York.
The Corsair, of which 12,681 planes were built as of its 1st flight on May 29, 1940, was the best carrier fighter plane of World War II.
Date
1944
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_038
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
70,7Mb (3,2Mb) / 19,7in x 13,9in / 5906 x 4182 (300dpi)