Letters 1944

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Letters 1944

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Three handwritten letters, 24 April, 7 June, and 7 July, 1944, by Charles A. Lindbergh, Coronado, California, and the South Pacific, to Paul S. Baker, Engineering Division, Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut, on performance, design, and mechanical problems of the Corsair F4U fighter plane. Includes two enclosed letters, 11 April and 18 April 1944, from U.S. Marine Corps officers to Lindbergh about problems with the Corsair F4U.

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