F6F VF-11 CV-12 1945

Autor/Urheber:

Steve Whitby, USN

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/2f5442

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

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Beschreibung:

Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters of fighter squadron VF-17, Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) prepare to take off from the carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) to strike targets on Formosa, after February 1945. The F6F No. 22 with the flat windscreen is an F6F-5, No. 41 with the rounded windscreen an F6F-3. Clearly visivble is the "g-symbol" for any air group stationed aboard the Hornet between October 1944 and July 1945, the white checkerboards on the tail (and upper right wing).

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

www.navsource.org No. NS021275 [1]

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