Corsair fighter-bomber about to take off
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A Corsair, flown by the RNZAF in the Pacific, ready for take-off on a bombing sortie. The nose and left side, all of the right wing and part of the left wing are shown. The left wing provides detail on the distinctively bent structure of the wings of this type of plane. The surroundings are hazy, perhaps caused by dust or sand thrown up by the m...
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Corsair fighter-bomber about to take off
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Date made
1940s
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Subject
Vought Corsair, Airplanes file, General Collection, Vought F4U Corsair, New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force, Pacific area, Campaigns, World War, 1939-1945, Photograph, Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artefacts, Graphic Documents
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1 photograph : black and white ; 14 x 20 cm.
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