Image: F4Fs VF-8 launch USS Hornet 2 1942
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Description: U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of fighting squadron VF-8 launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), circa May/June 1942. The first aircraft (F-9) was piloted by Ens. Charles M. Kelly Jr. After a fruitless search for the Japanese fleet on 4 June 1942, his plane ran out of fuel and ditched, but he could not be rescued.
Title: F4Fs VF-8 launch USS Hornet 2 1942
Credit: maritimequest.com [1]
Author: U.S. Navy photograph
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