F-8E CRUSADER 2010's GATO departed Milne Bay 2

GATO departed Milne Bay 2 February 1944 to conduct her eighth war patrol in the Bismarck-New Guinea-Truk area

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F-8E CRUSADER 2010's GATO departed Milne Bay 2The Vought F 8 Crusader was the first carrier based fighter designed in the 1950s that attained supersonic flight capability. Due to its Pratt & Whitney turbojet engine with afterburner, it was able to exceed the then maximum speed of Mach 1. 8. It entered service in the late 1950s with the U. S. Navy and U. S. Marine Corps fighter squadrons to replace the obsolete Vought F7U Cutlass. The F 8 had good operational longevity and was deployed routinely