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   From: smharding@verizon.net   
      
   On 1/19/20 8:21 AM, Keith Willshaw wrote:   
   >   
   > He was one of the first pilots to fly a Corsair off a carrier as the USN   
   > only used them from land bases until much later.   
      
   The USN VF-12 initially flew the Corsair off carriers for a brief time   
   before the Navy passed the aircraft over to the Marines.   
      
   My understanding is the RN was already using the curved carrier approach   
   technique for other aircraft (Swordfish?) and it wasn't something   
   developed specifically for the Corsair.   
      
      
   SMH   
      
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