A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F7F-3N <i>Tigercat</i> after launching from the aircraft carrier USS <i>Tarawa</i> (CV-40). The Marine squadron had been stationed in Tsingtao, China after the Japanese surrender and was on its way to reassignment at Ford Island in Hawaii in December of 1946. VMF(N)-533 and VMF(N)-541 had been stationed in China.
U.S. Navy
1946-12
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