Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff in September 1944

U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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450.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair. 'File Number: 215656 September 9, 1944 Navy Ready to Use Jet-Assisted Takeoffs As a result of tests began in 1941 at the U. S. Naval Academy, jet units which reduce normal takeoff runs from 33 to 60 percent or allow for an increase in leads are soon to be installed on Navy aircraft. Of particular value on the restricted areas of carrier flight decks, JATO as jet-assisted takeoffs are known in the Navy will also be extremely useful to aid heavily-laden flying boats up from the water. Resembling bombs except that they are affixed to the fuselage of planes rather than under the wings or enclosed in bays, jet units contain solid propellant, which includes oxygen, and are ignited by electrically-controlled spark plugs. The escaping stream gives the plane its 'thrust.' Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff.' 9 September 1944

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Donor: 
Charles Ives
Accession Number: 
2011.102.450
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US Navy
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
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Topical Subjects: 
Aircraft carriers--American
Airplanes--American
Decks (Ships)
Airplane equipment
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aircraft carriers--American
Airplanes--American
Decks (Ships)
Airplane equipment