USS Floyd B. Parks
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USS Floyd B. Parks was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was scrapped in 1974.
USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), in 1971
Parks in March, 1942
USS Kawishiwi refueling Floyd B. Parks and USS Orleck in the late 1950s.
Grumman F4F Wildcat
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The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy. The British made the first use of the type in
USS Floyd B. Parks
…Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221). The squadron was predominantly equipped with Brewster F2A-3 (Model B-439) fighter aircraft, supplemented by a handful of Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats, all handed down from U.S. Navy squadrons. More than half of the aviators assigned to Parks' unit were fresh from flight training in San…
F4F-3 in non-reflective blue-gray over light gray scheme from early 1942
The XF4F-3 in 1939; it was written off in a fatal accident on 16 December 1940
An early F4F-3 with prop spinner and cowling guns
A Fleet Air Arm Wildcat in 1944, showing "invasion stripes"