US Navy

F6F Hellcat in Europe

Photo Credit: US Navy (courtesy of Russ Egnor, republished in the book, “Carrier Air War In Original WWII Color” by Robert Lawson and Barrett Tillman)

A close-up of an F6F-5 Hellcat of VOF-1 as it is waved off from landing aboard USS Tulagi (CVE-72) after a ground attack sortie during the first day of Operation Dragoon.