File:F6F Hellcats of VF-88 attack Japanese ship on 10 August 1945.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionF6F Hellcats of VF-88 attack Japanese ship on 10 August 1945.jpg | Two U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 88 (VF-88) from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) attack a Japanese ship off Niigata, Honshu (Japan), on 10 August 1945. The ship type is described as a "Sugar Charlie". This was a code used by the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence for small freighters displacing between 1.000 and 2.000 tons.[1] |
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Source | U.S. Navy photo [2] from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) 1943-1945 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
Author | U.S. Navy |
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