File:PV-1 night fighter VMF(N)-531 1943.jpg

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Description A U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed PV-1 Ventura night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-531 in the Southwest Pacific in 1943. A few PV-1 patrol planes had been modified with AI Mk IV air-search radar for interim use as night fighters.
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Source Scan from the official U.S. Marine Corps publication: Charles J. Quilter II and John C. Chapin: A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531. History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. 2001, p. 16 [1]
Author Maj. William Henson, USMC

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