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File:Damaged FM-2 Wildcat of VC-85 aboard USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) off Iwo Jima, in Feburay 1945.jpg

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English: A General Motors FM-2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron 85 (VC-85) is dearmed after landing aboard the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) off Iwo Jima, in February 1945. Note the flak damage to the left wing.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) 1944-1945 cruise book, p. 82, available at the Bangor, Maine (USA) Public Library
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current05:56, 8 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 05:56, 8 April 2018951 × 748 (393 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=A General Motors FM-2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron 85 (VC-85) is dearmed after landing aboard the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS ''Lunga Point'' (CVE-94) off Iwo Jima, in February 1945. Note the flak damage on the left wing.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1208&context=ww_reg_his] from the [http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/155/ USS ''Lunga Point'' (CVE-94) 1944-1945 cruise book],...

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