File:F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1 warms up on USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the spring of 1943.jpg

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Description	English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1), Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5), warms up, prior to take off, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the ship's shakedown cruise in the spring of 1943. It is painted in the the non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme. VF-1 was redesignated VF-5 in July 1943. Note the chockmen ready to pull chocks from the plane's wheels.
Date	Spring 1943 date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720559
Source	Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15258 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR.

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