Corsair fighter-bomber about to take off

Object detail

Accession number

11-0191

Description

A Corsair, flown by the RNZAF in the Pacific, ready for take-off on a bombing sortie. The nose and left side, all of the right wing and part of the left wing are shown. The left wing provides detail on the distinctively bent structure of the wings of this type of plane. The surroundings are hazy, perhaps caused by dust or sand thrown up by the moving propeller. There is vegetation in the background.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 14 x 20 cm.

Credit Line

1940s. Corsair fighter-bomber about to take off, 11-0191. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

Crown Copyright

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Classification

Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Vought Corsair Airplanes file General Collection Vought F4U Corsair New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force Pacific area Campaigns World War, 1939-1945

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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