USS Essex forward flight deck spotted with F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats as they steam toward Japan, Feb 1945.

Caption   USS Essex forward flight deck spotted with F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats as they steam toward Japan, Feb 1945. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Identification Code   1996.488.242.055
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F6F Hellcat   Main article  Photos  
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Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 29 Dec 2012

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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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