Image: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats of VF-3 in flight off Oahu on 10 April 1942 (80-G-10613)
Description: Two U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat Fighting Squadron 3(VF-3) in flight near Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, on 10 April 1942. The planes are BuNo 3976 (F-1, foreground), flown by VF-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, and BuNo 3986 (F-13), flown by Lieutenant Edward H. O'Hare. On 20 February 1942, F-1, flown by Thach and Lt. Noel Gayler, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing two more bombers and a patrol plane. F-13, flown by Thach and Ensign Leon Haynes, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing another bomber and a patrol plane. Both of these aircraft were lost on 8 May 1942 with USS Lexington (CV-2), during the Battle of Coral Sea.
Title: Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats of VF-3 in flight off Oahu on 10 April 1942 (80-G-10613)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-10613
Author: Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett, U.S. Navy
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