173 items in this album on 9 pages.

FM-2 Wildcat fighter of US Navy Composite Squadron 93 flying over Petrof Bay off Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945Armorers equipping a F4F Wildcat fighter with HVAR rockets aboard USS Anzio, 20 Apr 1945 off Okinawa.FM-2 fighters secured on the flight deck of USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 21 Apr 1945John Arledge and Theodore Schmidts unhooking a F4F fighter from the arresting cable aboard USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 21 Apr 1945
FM-2 Wildcat fighter of US Navy Composite Squadron 93 flying over Petrof Bay off Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945Armorers equipping a F4F Wildcat fighter with HVAR rockets aboard USS Anzio, 20 Apr 1945 off Okinawa.FM-2 fighters secured on the flight deck of USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 21 Apr 1945John Arledge and Theodore Schmidts unhooking a F4F fighter from the arresting cable aboard USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 21 Apr 1945
FM-2 Wildcat fighter after a barrier crash aboard USS Sable, Great Lakes, United States, May 1945Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.Casablanca-class Escort Carrier USS Shamrock Bay underway off Formosa (Taiwan), 24 Jun 1945. Note FM-2 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck.FM2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron VC-93 after getting caught in the crash barrier cables aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay 850 miles southeast of Japan, 9 Jul 1945.
FM-2 Wildcat fighter after a barrier crash aboard USS Sable, Great Lakes, United States, May 1945Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.Casablanca-class Escort Carrier USS Shamrock Bay underway off Formosa (Taiwan), 24 Jun 1945. Note FM-2 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck.FM2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron VC-93 after getting caught in the crash barrier cables aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay 850 miles southeast of Japan, 9 Jul 1945.
American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 1 of 3American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 2 of 3FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Makin Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 1945; it was the last launch before the escort carrier was converted to a troop transportF4F-4 fighter in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018, photo 1 of 2
American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 1 of 3American aircraft fly over USS Missouri after the surrender, photo 2 of 3FM-2 Wildcat catapulted off of USS Makin Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 1945; it was the last launch before the escort carrier was converted to a troop transportF4F-4 fighter in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018, photo 1 of 2
F4F-4 fighter in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018, photo 2 of 2
F4F-4 fighter in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018, photo 2 of 2

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