File:CVG-5 Oct1943.jpg

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Description Aircraft of Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5) in December 1943. In the center and to the left Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters are visible, in the background Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless bomber and Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bombers. The F6F in the center ("00") identifies this aircraft as the Hellcat of the Air Group Commander (CAG) of CVG-5, LtCdr. Jimmy Flatley. CVG-5 was operating flying from the carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) at that time.
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