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USS Long Island (AVG-1) Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, Commanding Officer of squadron VGS-1, makes the ship's 2000th landing, 20 April 1942. He is flying a Curtiss SOC-3A "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft. Note lowered flaps and deployed leading edge slats on the upper wing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Available here: [1]

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current	17:55, 7 October 2007	740×605 (57 KB)	Binksternet (Talk \| contribs)	('''USS Long Island (AVG-1)''' Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, Commanding Officer of squadron VGS-1, makes the ship's 2000th landing, 20 April 1942. He is flying a Curtiss SOC-3A "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft. Note lowered flaps and deployed lead)