Wreckage a U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F4F-3 <i>Wildcat</i> from Marine fighter squadron VMF-211 on Wake Island. This was probably the plane of Capt. Freuler, on the beach where he crash-landed it on 22 December 1941, after he had destroyed a B5N <i>Kate</i> in aerial combat. Bullets penetrated his fuselage, vacuum tank, bulkhead, seat, and parachute.
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1941-12
Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-413000/80-G-413519.html">80-G-413519</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>