Hellcats and Avengers on the flight deck of the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) are shown in the foreground of the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), and USS Hancock (CV-19)...
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Sailors on the destroyer USS Ault (DD-698) watch a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron 87 (VF-87) land on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in July 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors perform engine maintenance on a Grumman F6F Hellcat on the USS Yorktown somewhere in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors watch aircraft from the Carrier Air Group 12 (CVG-12) landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3). A Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless is in the foreground and Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats are landing...
U.S. Navy sailors on the escort carrier USS Kasaan Bay launch a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 74 (VF-74) during the invasion of Southern France. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters sit with propellers running and wings folded on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats converted to drones for use during the Operation Crossroads atomic tests on the Bikini Atoll in July 1946. The drones were flown through the radioactive cloud to measure radioactivity. (U.S. Navy...
A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman F6F Hellcat on Peleliu with a radar pod on the front of the starboard wing, 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
An F6F Hellcat’s propeller blades leave a visible trail of condensation on the USS Yorktown. (U.S. Navy Photograph / NARA.)