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the surviving F4F-3 wildcats of VMF-221

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15th May 2020, 17:17

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Re: the surviving F4F-3 wildcats of VMF-221

There's a problem with No. 3997. Could it have been lost at Attu in 1943?

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Re: the surviving F4F-3 wildcats of VMF-221

From Nassau's Action Report it seems that this VMO155 F4F-3P crashed on landing off Attu on 11May43 and was jettisoned.

The mystery now is what happened to 4008

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