After an attempted landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable, an F6F Hellcat barely hangs onto the catwalks. Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.

Caption     After an attempted landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable, an F6F Hellcat barely hangs onto the catwalks. Lake Michigan, United States, 1945. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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F6F Hellcat   Main article  Photos  
Sable   Main article  Photos  
Photos at Same Place Lake Michigan, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 20 Sep 2013
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".
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop



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WW2-Era Place Name Lake Michigan, United States
Lat/Long 43.0252, -87.0663
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