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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…
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Bill Redmon and interviewer John Barth, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, March 27, 2018.
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."
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."
Photograph of Remi Charles O'Connor in flight gear seated on the wing of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, February 1944.
Inscription on verso: "Remi & F4U. Feb. 1944."
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail and fuselage number 167) of VF-84 in flight, circa 1944-1946.
Inscription on verso of frame: "F4U. Jan 28, 1944 thru Sept. 1, 1946. 132 hrs."
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of VMF-124, U.S. Marine Corps, on the USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) of Marine fighter squadron 124 -- Jan. 1945."
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working on a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 63) of VMF-213, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "F4U of VMF-213 on flight deck of Essex. 1944."
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 94) taxiing to join other recently-landed Corsairs, USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "F4U fighter folding wings and taxiing forward to join other planes that have just landed. U.S.S. Essex, 1945."
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier, 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) and Essex-class carrier -- W. Pacific, spring 1945."