Keywords: F7F-3N launching from USS Tarawa (CV-40) off Hawaii 1946.jpg A U S Marine Corps Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat launches from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa 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 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 53171 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2011 003 276 013 1946-12 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F7F Tigercat Aboard USS Tarawa CV-40 |