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Description U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-124 Whistling Death on Guadalcanal, in April 1943. VMF-124 was the first Corsair unit to enter combat, in February 1943.
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U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7152.017
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