Keywords: 80-G-K-13766: Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter Aircraft. Pilot checks life raft stowage, behind the cockpit, during World War II. In this quickly releasable hatch, the raft can be inflated immediately upon the plane hitting the water. Note use of the radio mast as a hand hold. Plane bears the markings of Fleet Air Photographic Squadron, Atlantic. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/09). 80-G-K-13766: Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter Aircraft. Pilot checks life raft stowage, behind the cockpit, during World War II. In this quickly releasable hatch, the raft can be inflated immediately upon the plane hitting the water. Note use of the radio mast as a hand hold. Plane bears the markings of Fleet Air Photographic Squadron, Atlantic. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/09). |