F6F-3 on the USS Yorktown, May 1943. Non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme.(rudeerude)

F6F-3 on the USS Yorktown

A torpedo comes from below deck.Hellcats in the background and note the SBD Dauntless hanging.

Torpedo comes from below deck

Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Walter Lewis Chewning of Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, (February 19, 1914 - February 4, 1990) steps on the burning fuel tank of an F6F-3 Hellcat flown by Ensign (later Lieutenant) Byron Milton Johnson of Potter, Nebraska (May 19, 1920 - February 20, 2005) to effect a successful rescue of the pilot on November 10, 1943. "Deo Vindice" texag57