160322-N-TH437-120 WASHINGTON (March 22, 2015) — Yoshiro Kishida (right), a representative from Saiki, Japan, talks to Kate Morrand (left), Senior Conservator & Laboratory Manager of Naval History and Heritage Command's (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology Branch, in front of the remains of a World War II F4U Corsair fighter-bomber following a presentation in which NHHC accepted the artifact, March 22. On March 18, 1945, 19 F4U Corsairs flew off USS Intrepid (CV 11) with their targets trained on a naval air base on the northern end of Kyushu. While their mission was successful, two aircraft did not
160322-N-TH437-120 WASHINGTON (March 22, 2015) — Yoshiro Kishida (right), a representative from Saiki, Japan, talks to Kate Morrand (left), Senior Conservator & Laboratory Manager of Naval History and Heritage Command's (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology Branch, in front of the remains of a World War II F4U Corsair fighter-bomber following a presentation in which NHHC accepted the artifact, March 22. On March 18, 1945, 19 F4U Corsairs flew off USS Intrepid (CV 11) with their targets trained on a naval air base on the northern end of Kyushu. While their mission was successful, two aircraft did not return. This Corsair piece did not surface again for 50 years, when a fisherman caught it in a net. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Lockwood/Released)
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