US Marine Corps Wildcat fighter taking off from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa Sep 1942

Caption     US Marine Corps Wildcat fighter taking off from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa Sep 1942 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Thayer Soule Collection
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Photo Size 1,412 x 1,103 pixels
Photos at Same Place Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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WW2-Era Place Name Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories
Lat/Long -9.4280, 160.0548
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