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• hellcat
• grumman
• grummanf6fhellcat
• grummanhellcat
• grummanf6f
• f6fhellcat
• aviation
• aircraft
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• r2800
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• unitedstatesnavy
• usn
• grummanaircraftengineeringcorporation
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• grummanf6f3
• f6f3hellcat
• f6f5
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• SDASM Archives 134 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 4 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Australia 1 photo / illustration

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09_03839 Frank Santos Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• Stig Jarlevik said:

  During this period (Aug 1943 - Jan 1944) based initially at Guadalcanal an later New Georgia VF-33 flew the Grumman F6F-3 version. Stig

Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 Navy carrier planes fly in formation over the U.S. and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during surrender ceremonies.

from SDASM Archives

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Chris Kennedy said:

  Tokyo Bay at the end of WW2. This photo is all over the Internet. bejohngalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1945.jpg

• Medical Caption said:

  I agree. Tokyo Harbor. Looks like an Iowa Class Battleship in the foreground. That might be a CVE on the horizon forward of the BB and aft of the Tin Can(s)

• SDASM Archives said:

  Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 Navy carrier planes fly in formation over the U.S. and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during surrender ceremonies. USS Missouri (BB-63), where the ceremonies took place, is at left. USS Detroit (CL-8) is in the right distance. Aircraft include TBM, F6F, SB2C and F4U types. Source:www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8i.htm Thanks, ChrisK48 and wingsnstuff!

• Fabio said:

  Wonderful!
  

• DarkAngelDay said:

  Nice
  
  
  

Grumman Hellcat, Royal Navy aircraft, 1943?

from National Library of Australia

• tumpshy said:

  Braw

• Hernán Gauna said:

  Argentina pilot Of Sublieutenant Óscar Lorenzo Sundt, 808 Scuadron, July 1945