Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat Fighters of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)receiving maintenance in a revetment at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, 29 May 1942, shortly before VF-3 joined USS Yorktown CV-5 to participate in the Battle of Midway.Note camouflage netting covering the open top of this revetment.

Fighter Sqauadron Three

Lieutenant Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare, USN seated in the cockpit of his Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter, circa spring 1942.The plane is marked with five Japanese flags representing the five enemy bombers he was credited with shooting down as they attempted to attack USS Lexington CV-2 northeast of the Solomon Islands on 20 February 1942.
The censor has blanked out the Fighting Squadron Three "Felix the Cat" insignia below the windshield.

'Butch" O'Hare

Shattered remains of a Japanese pilot whose plane was brought down during Pearl Harbor attack. Dec.7, 1941. texag57 