202 items in this album on 11 pages.
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An F6F Hellcat stayed on the flight deck when landing, but dropped a wheel into the catwalks and severely bent the propeller blades aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. | Carrier Monterey Crewmen act as a counter-weight on the starboard wing of an F6F-5 Hellcat to keep the aircraft from tumbling over the edge of the flight deck, 1945. | Crews attach lines to an F6F Hellcat hanging over the edge of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. | Crews move quickly to secure an F6F Hellcat as it hangs over the side of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. |
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F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair aircraft awaiting service, Air Station Point Mugu, California, United States, circa 1945 | F6F Hellcat coming in for a landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the LSO’s “paddles” and the lack of extended tailhook on the Hellcat. | F6F Hellcat hung up in the catwalks of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable after a landing mishap on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. | F6F Hellcat lined up for a trap on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. Note the LSO’s “paddles” and the extended tailhook on the Hellcat. |
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F6F-5N Hellcat night fighter of Night Fighter Squadron 90 based on the carrier USS Enterprise, 1945. Note radome on left wing and flame dampeners on exhaust port. | Shipboard aircraft tugs moving a TBM-1C Avenger torpedo bomber and F6F Hellcat fighters aboard the Fleet Carrier USS Lexington (Essex-class), 1945. | TBM-3E Avenger circles over the flight deck of USS Antietam off Hawaii, 1945. Note F4U Corsairs, SB2C Helldivers, and F6F Hellcat on the flight deck. | The flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable showing a severe slice in the steel caused by the spinning propeller of an F6F Hellcat. Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. |
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Corsair fighters taxi down the runway at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas, 1944-45. Note F6F Hellcats lining the runway in the foreground and TBM Avengers on the far side. | USS Hancock recovering aircraft in the South China Sea, Jan 1945; note three F6F Hellcat and one TBM Avenger aircraft in flight; seen from USS New Jersey | Hokuto Airfield under USS Langley carrier aircraft attack, Taiwan, 3 Jan 1945, photo 6 of 6 | USS Hornet (Essex-class), distance, steaming with USS Independence and USS Enterprise on their way back to Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, 25 Jan 1945. |
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Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 1 of 7 | Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 2 of 7 | Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 3 of 7 | Ensign Ardon R. Ives of Fighting-Bombing Squadron VBF-9 crashed his F6F-5 Hellcat through the barrier on USS Lexington (Essex-class) and ruptured the center-line fuel tank, Feb 1945, western Pacific. Photo 4 of 7 |
202 items in this album on 11 pages.