F4F Wildcats launch from USS Wasp (CV-7) in August 1942
1942
U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat s of Fighting Squadron 71 (VF-71) prepare to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on 7 August 1942, the first day of landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
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