| Caption | Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Navy Fighting-Bombing Squadron 87 takes possession of the 10,000th F6F Hellcat to be produced, 23 May 1945 at Ulithi. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 23 May 1945 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Ulithi, Caroline Islands | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Added Date | 17 Jan 2013 | ||||||||
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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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| WW2-Era Place Name | Ulithi, Caroline Islands |
| Lat/Long | 10.0360, 139.7031 |
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From left to right are: Lieutenant Commander Charles Ingalls, Commanding Officer of Fighting Squadron 87; Grumman technical representative Ralph Clark; Commander Porter Maxwell, Commanding Officer of Fighting-Bombing Squadron 87; and Commander Everett L. Phadres, Commanding Officer of Air Group 87.
Ralph Clark presented Commander Maxwell with a check for $500 for the squadron’s welfare fund. As the 10,000th Hellcat rolled down the Grumman production line at Bethpage, New York, workers dropped change into a bucket hanging from its tail to be given to the squadron that received the plane.