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Enlargement of
F4F-3 Wildcat 4019 Code 211-F-11
abandoned at
Wake Island Airfield
on
Wake Island
(Center left) Wreckage of
F4F-3 Wildcat 4019 Code 211-F-11
from
VMF-211
. On
December 11, 1941
this Wildcat piloted by
Captain Henry T. Elrod
bombed and sunk Japanese destroyer
Kisaragi
and landed with damage beyond repair and was written off. Afterwards, stripped for spare parts. Beyond is the wreckage of other Wildcats. In the foreground is a wooden frame.
Credit: IJN / USN via NARA 80-G-179006 Date: circa late December 1941
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