M49 · Contemporary photograph · modern institutional catalogue description

F4F-4 gun test aboard Enterprise

Dated identification of an Enterprise F4F-4 with six .50-calibre guns.

Author
US Navy photograph · National Archives collection, catalogued by NHHC
Date
10 April 1942
Passage
Catalogue 80-G-16511 · VF-6 aircraft marked 6F9

What has been checked

NHHC catalogue description read in indexed page text on 18 October 2026. High-resolution image and original negative not inspected.

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Caption-level equipment evidence, not a Midway combat photograph or a complete aircraft record. No image reproduced on the website.

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Enlarged historical photograph

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