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DescriptionWreckage Wildcat Wake Island.jpg
English: Wrecked U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat" fighters of Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211), photographed by the Wake Island airstrip sometime after the Japanese captured the island on 23 December 1941. There appear to be at least seven F4Fs in this group. The plane in the foreground, "211-F-11" was flown by Captain Henry T. Elrod during the 11 December attacks that sank the Japanese destroyer Kisaragi. Damaged beyond repair at that time, "211-F-11" was subsequently used as a source of parts to keep other planes operational.
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2006-05-28 06:47 ERcheck 520×295× (147650 bytes) National Archives Photo 80-G-179006 Photo taken after Japanese capture of Wake Island - wrecked Grumman F4F-3s from VMF-211. Foreground Wildcat is 211-F-11, flown by Capt Elrod to sink the destroyer ''Kisaragi''.
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