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| Keywords: Wreckage Wildcat Wake Island.jpg 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 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-100000/80-G-179006 html 80-G-179006 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command; lower quality version on http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 1941-12 Japanese photographer original uploader was ERcheck at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2006 05 28 original upload date PD-USGOV caption bar cropped PD-USGov PD-Japan-oldphoto original upload log page en wikipedia GrummanF4F_VMF211_WakeIsland_NAP80G179006 gif 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 Battle of Wake Island Grumman F4F Wildcat Marine Attack Squadron 211 Aircraft damaged in combat | ||||
