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[Delno Carlton oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter pilot Delno “Del” Carlton is interviewed about his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The interview focuses specifically on an incident in 1944 or 1945, when VM(N)F-542 (Marine Night Fighter Squadron 542) deployed from the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) to Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan. Due to navigational errors, Carlton’s flight of Grumman F6F Hellcats…

[General Motors TBM, Grumman F6F, and Vought F4U in flight] (Item)

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger, a Grumman F6F Hellcat, and a Vought F4U Corsair in flight over water, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption in margin: "TMB – F6F – F4U."

[General Motors TBM, Grumman F6F, and Vought F4U in flight] (Item)

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger, a Grumman F6F Hellcat, and a Vought F4U Corsair in flight over water, circa 1940s-1950s. The caption notes that the planes belong to Utility Squadron 7 (VU-7) of the United States Navy.Typed caption in margin: "TMB – F6F – F4U."Typed caption on verso: "Utility Squadron Seven."

[Oscar I. Chenoweth, Adrian O. Van Wyen, and Hamilton McWhorter oral history interviews] (Item)

This recording contains one-on-one interviews with fighter aces Oscar I. Chenoweth and Hamilton McWhorter and with historian Adrian O. Van Wyen. Chenoweth and McWhorter discuss their military service with the United States Navy during World War II, including their time with Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) and Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9), respectively. Topics discussed include memorable combat…