F6F Hellcat launched from USS Attu (CVE-102) 1945
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat is catapulted from the escort carrier USS Attu (CVE-102), in 1945. The Attu launched replacement aircraft for the fast carrier force off Iwo Jima.
- Date
- 1945
- Photographer / author
- USN
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 841 × 538 pixels
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