Testing machine guns of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters aboard USS Ranger CV-4, while en route from the U.S. to North African waters for Operation Torch.(rudeerude)

Test

F4F-4 Wildcat of VF-6 has its six .50 caliber machine guns tested on the flight deck of USS Enterprise CV-6,April 10 1942.Note open gun bays in the plane's wings and markings below the cockpit "6F9" with no dashes between letters and numerals.(rudeerude)

VF-6

Patton and Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt aboard USS Augusta, off North Africa,Nov 1942(rudeerude)