169 items in this album on 9 pages.
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XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, Apr 1939 | XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 3 Apr 1939 |
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XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 21 Jul 1939 | F4F-3A Wildcat as it is being accepted from the factory at NAS St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1940. This particular aircraft was later destroyed by friendly fire near Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the night of Dec 7 1941; the pilot was killed. |
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F4F-3 Wildcat (foreground), SBD-3 Dauntless (center forward and background), and TBD-1 Devastator (center rear) aircraft on the flight deck of USS Saratoga, 1941 | Torpedo Squadron 5 TBD-1 Devastator aircraft parked at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 13 Sep 1941; note SBD-3, F4F, and SB2U aircraft beyond |
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Ensign Gayle Hermann's Wildcat on Saratoga's elevator, Oct 1941 | Lt. John Thach's Wildcat taking off from Saratoga, Oct 1941 |
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F4F-3 Wildcat inside USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 Oct 1941; note spare TBD and SBD aircraft hanging overhead | F4F-3 Wildcat undergoing maintenance in USS Enterprise's hangar deck, 28 Oct 1941; note spare propellers hanging overhead |
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View of Ewa Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 | View of Naval Air Station Ford Island, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Dec 1941; note OS2U, SOC, PBY-5, F4F-3, and TBD-1 aircraft |
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Wrecked Wildcats of VMF-211 collected by Japanese, Wake, circa late Dec 1941 | HMS Valiant firing in exercise, 1942; HMS Illustrious with Fulmar and Martlet aircraft in foreground |
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Martlet fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA taxiing on the flight deck of HMS Formidable after landing, 1940s | Martlet fighters aboard HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea, 1940s |
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Martlet fighters of No. 888 Squadron FAA from HMS Formidable in flight, 1940s | Martlet fighters on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, 1940s |
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Martlet II fighter of No. 888 Squadron FAA shortly after landing on HMS Formidable, 1942 | Saratoga underway at sea, circa 1942, with 5 Grumman F4F fighters, 6 Douglas SBD scout bombers, and 1 Grumman TBF torpedo bomber on the flight deck |
169 items in this album on 9 pages.