Grumman F6F "Hellcat"

Grumman F6F Hellcat on Flightdeck.jpg

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Title

Grumman F6F "Hellcat"

Subject

US Navy

Description

Flight deck officer motions "pull the chocks" with his thumbs, as chockmen remove chocks from the wheels of a Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighter in preparation for take-off from a training escort carrier.

Creator

US Navy

Source

Navy , US. “80-G-K-2613 Flight Deck Officer, Grumman F6F.” Naval History and Heritage Command, 1943. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-02000/80-G-K-2613.html.

Publisher

US Navy Heritage Command

Date

circa mid-1943

Collection

Citation

US Navy , “Grumman F6F "Hellcat",” War and Technology, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wartech.omeka.net/items/show/43.