Hellcat Launch in WWII
#otd USS Monterey CVL-26 launches an F6F at the start of the raid on Okinawa, 10 October 1944. #ussmonterey #cvl26 #f6f #hellcat...
6 in a day
#otd Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu, USNR; fighting squadron 16 "Ace", holds up six fingers to signify his "kills" during the...
F6F-5 94443 (1949)
#otd Grumman F6F-5 94443 being used for tests at NATC Patuxent River, Maryland 13 December 1949. Produced in 1944-1945, the F6F-5...
USS Hornet CV-10 (1943)
Per request, F6F-3 Hellcat from VF-5 getting the take-off flag aboard USS Yorktown CV-10, November 1943. Yorktown was hitting targets in...
F6F trapping on a carrier (1943)
A look back to an F6F trapping aboard USS Cowpens CVL-25 in November 1943, note the variety of different radar antennas. #f6f #f6fhellcat...
USS Lexington CV-16 (1943)
Flight deck crewmen spot a pair of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aboard USS Lexington CV-16 at the aft end of the flight deck in preparation...
USS Langley CVL-27 (1940)
A look back to USS Langley CVL-27 with a F6F Hellcat being launched during operations in vicinity of Nansei-Shoto, off China Coast,...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
#otd we look back to wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F aboard USS Lexington CV-16 after a strike on the Japanese...
USS Monterey CVL-26 (1944)
#otd USS Monterey CVL-26 launches an F6F at the start of the Okinawa Raid. Note other planes being launched from carrier at left, 10...
Willys Jeep on an Aircraft Carrier
Now for something different, the Willys Jeep was an icon of WWII, including aboard aircraft carriers here is Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat being...
