File:F6F-3 Hellcats of VF-8 in flight 1943.jpg

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Description Eight U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 8 (VF-8) in flight, in 1943. The photo is dated 15 March 1943, but the blue borders around the US national insignia were ordered in September 1943. VF-8 was later assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) from March to October 1943.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7177.002
Author U.S. Navy

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