File:F6F on Saratoga CV-3.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), 1943-1944. Note the open elevator well in the foreground and the flight deck crewmen chocking wheels of the F6Fs.
Date between 1943 and 1944
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15300 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Commander Edward Steichen, USNR; User Felix c on en.wikipedia
Other versions cropped picture see File:F6F-3s on USS Saratoga CV-3.jpg

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current09:58, 8 May 2022Thumbnail for version as of 09:58, 8 May 20222,560 × 1,913 (1.38 MB)Ruffneck'88 (talk | contribs)Resolution 740×493, replaced with 2,560×1,913
15:56, 26 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:56, 26 May 2009740 × 493 (89 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)clearer picture
10:55, 25 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 10:55, 25 May 2009740 × 493 (102 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)original larger file
20:59, 23 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 20:59, 23 March 2007500 × 329 (46 KB)Editor at Large (talk | contribs)Losslessly cropped caption bar
09:29, 16 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 09:29, 16 July 2006500 × 345 (49 KB)SABUJP (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= == Summary == F6Fs on flight deck of USS Saratoga CV-3 |Source=[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k15000/k15300.jpg www.history.navy.mil] |Date= |Author=User Felix c on [http://en.wikipedia.org en.

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