This photograph shows four F-4 Lightnings on Station Pier at Port Melbourne with the S.S. President Coolidge in the background. This former cruise liner sailed from San Francisco on 19 March 1942 carrying infantry and equipment as well as personnel from "A" Flight of the 8th PRS. The ship docked in Melbourne on 7 April 1942 when it is believed this photograph was taken. The first four F-4s deployed to the SWPA were carried on this voyage so the aircraft depicted are 41-2123, 41-2124, 41-2125 and 41-2126.Source: Associated Press via Ron Cuskelly Collection

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