The Snapshots in Time Collection

Three Servicemen with Single-Engine Fighter Aircraft No. 461, Pacific Airfield, WWII

Three Servicemen with Single-Engine Fighter Aircraft No. 461, Pacific Airfield, WWII

Three servicemen pose in front of a radial-engine fighter aircraft, likely an F4U Corsair, parked on perforated steel Marston matting at a Pacific island airfield during World War II. Snapshots like this captured the camaraderie of squadron personnel who kept naval and Marine aviation running from hastily built forward airstrips throughout the Pacific Campaign. Project: 218194