USS SANTA FE lays alongside of USS FRANKLIN rendering assistance after carrier had been hit and set afire by a Japanese dive bomber.  March 1945.  (Navy)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  080-G-273880
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  979

USS Santa Fe Hit by Japanese Bomber

Pilots pleased over their victory during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of an F6F Hellcat on board the USS LEXINGTON, after shooting down 17 out of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa.  November 1943.  Comdr. Edward J. Steichen.  (Navy)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  080-G-470985
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  959

F6F Hellcat Pilots

US Navy: American unloading in Normandy: A boat full with troops of the US Genius progresses in the agitated English Channel.p012533