grummanf6fhellcat

90 photos tagged grummanf6fhellcat, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1943

2014

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CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 11 October 1948 Japan surrendered 2 September 1945 aboard the USS Missouri to General Douglas MacArthur and others.
SDASM Archives said:
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-33_(1942–1945)
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
www.seaforces.org/usnair/VF/Fighter-Squadron-33.htm www.topedge.com/alley/squadron/lant/vf33hist.htm pacificwrecks.com/units/usn/vf-33.html www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/... Which resource is correct? Anyone can contribute to wikipedia, as I have, in the past to correct misinformation.
SDASM Archives said:
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/... Would be the most trustworthy as they hold the official records for Naval Squadrons.

Al_HikesAZ said:
You identify 10 pilots but I count 11 pilots in the photo. Who is the eleventh?

TVL1970 said:
From left to right, Leroy Grumman, actor Robert Taylor, who held the rank of lieutenant as a naval flight instructor with the US Naval Reserve during WWII, and Jake Swirbul.