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PICTORIAL FEATURES
"Scratch One Flat Top" Is the Flash, When a Grumman "Avenger” Lets Fly
October
1
1942
Alexander Leydenfrost
"Scratch One Flat Top" Is the Flash, When a Grumman "Avenger” Lets Fly
October
1
1942
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PICTORIAL FEATURES
"Scratch One Flat Top" Is the Flash, When a Grumman "Avenger” Lets Fly
October
1
1942
Alexander Leydenfrost
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