Keywords: 80-G-46507: First carrier takeoff using jet units involved the same F4F as that used by Captain Gore on March 1-4, 1943. This time Commander Leroy G. Simpler, USN, was at the controls. Released March 18, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07). 80-G-46507: First carrier takeoff using jet units involved the same F4F as that used by Captain Gore on March 1-4, 1943. This time Commander Leroy G. Simpler, USN, was at the controls. Released March 18, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07). |