Aircraft Photo of 14513 | Vought FG-1 Corsair | USA - Marines

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	14513
Aircraft Original Type:	Vought V-166 Corsair
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vought V-166 F4U/F3A/FG/AU/F2G Corsair
Aircraft Version:	Vought FG-1 Corsair
Licence-built by:	Goodyear
C/n (msn):	[ 14513 ]
Operator Titles:	USA - Marines

Location
City / Airport:	PeleliuMap
Country:	Palau
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	26 September 1944 to 3 October 1944
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	287853

Photo Comment
Taken during the bloody Battle of Peleliu, one of the Palau islands. The photo source is positive this is BuNo 14513, listed as lost on 6 November 1944 off Palau, belonging to VMF-114. That squadron landed on the Peleliu airfield on 26 September. Note the Curtiss Commando in the background. Photo from: Naval History and Heritage Command This photo was added on 11 October 2020, and has since been viewed 326 times.

Photo Comment

Taken during the bloody Battle of Peleliu, one of the Palau islands. The photo source is positive this is BuNo 14513, listed as lost on 6 November 1944 off Palau, belonging to VMF-114. That squadron landed on the Peleliu airfield on 26 September. Note the Curtiss Commando in the background. Photo from: Naval History and Heritage Command

This photo was added on 11 October 2020, and has since been viewed 326 times.

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