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Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats.

Caption     Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats. ww2dbase
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F6F Hellcat   Main article  Photos  
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Photo Size 933 x 691 pixels
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
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