An F6F-5 Hellcat from VF-74 takes off from the deck of the USS Kasaan Bay during Operation Dragoon, August 1944.

Preparing to take off

US tanker Ohio hidden by the sub Axum, august 1942.
Heavily damaged and several times hidden during the battle, the tanker Ohio was one of the few cargos able to get Malta at the end of the "Middle August battle" (or "operation Pedestal"). She suddenly sank in the Malta's harbor when the most of the strategic load was already descharged. A demonstration of skill and dedication by her crew. DVX

Got it!

Pilots of VF-74 pose on the deck of the USS Kasaan Bay with their F6F-5 Hellcats after departing Algeria for the USA after Operation Dragoon.