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F4F-3 3-F-9 CV-3 1941
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F4F-3 3-F-9 CV-3 1941

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats of fighter squadron VF-3 on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in October 1941. The plane on the aircraft elevator is 3-F-9 (BuNo 3982), piloted by Ensign Gayle Hermann. This plane was in service with VF-6 in December 1941 and hit by "friendly" fire near Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), on the night of 7 December 1941 while trying to land after a combat air patrol. It was badly damaged but the pilot could land the plane and luckily was uninjured.

Date
1941-10
Photographer / author
USN
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
738 × 562 pixels

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