File:F4U-1 Corsair landing aboard USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89), circa in 1944.jpg
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English: U.S. Navy Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair making the 5000th landing aboard the escort carrier USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89), circa in 1944. Takanis Bay was commissioned on 15 April 1944. After shakedown, she operated out of San Diego, California (USA), with Fleet Air, West Coast, through the end of hostilities with Japan in mid-August 1945. She tested pilots for carrier operations, and between 24 May 1944 and 28 August 1945, she qualified 2,509 pilots. |
| Date | circa 1944 |
| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89) 1944-1946 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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