File:General Motors FM-2 Wildcats of VC-65 in flight, circa in 1944.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighters from Composite Squadron 65 (VC-65) "Flying Goats" flying in formation, circa 1944. VC-65 flew General Motors FM-2s and Grumman TBM-1 Avenger torpedo bombers. The squadron operated from the escort carrier USS St. Lo (CVE-63) in 1944 until the carrier was sunk off the Philippines by a Kamikaze suicide plane on 25 October 1944.
Date circa 1944
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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