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Description An early U.S. Navy Grumman F11F-1 Tiger fighter (BuNo 138618) being hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) for carrier trials. Note the downward folding wingtips.
Date circa 1955
date QS:P,+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. National Archives photograph in: Bert Kinzey F11F Tiger (Detail & Scale No. 17), Arms and Armour Press, London 1984, p. 64. ISBN 0-85368-618-1.
Author cited as U.S. National Archives photo

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