[Photo] The tail of an F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-25 being yanked to the deck as the tailhook catches a wire aboard the USS Cowpens off Makin Atoll (now Butaritari), 20 Nov 1943

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The tail of an F6F Hellcat of Fighting Squadron VF-25 being yanked to the deck as the tailhook catches a wire aboard the USS Cowpens off Makin Atoll (now Butaritari), 20 Nov 1943 ww2dbase

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ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection

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F6F Hellcat	Main article	Photos
Cowpens	Main article	Photos

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David Stubblebine

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1 Jan 2006

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WW2-Era Place Name	Pacific Ocean
Lat/Long	3.5300, 171.7750

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