F6F-3 Aircraft from the Yorktown aircraft carrier

Oct 12, 2017 #US Army

F6F-3

The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter from the 5th Fighter Squadron (VF-5) on the deck of Yorktown aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown, CV-10).
Grumman F6F Hellcat – US deck fighter of the period of the Second World War. It is a deep upgrade of the F4F fighter “Wildcat”.

 

 

Date: November 1943

 

Source of the Yorktown aircraft carrier: www.defenseimagery.mil.

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