US Navy

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat Fighters on Carrier

National Archives

Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters on the flight deck, as a TBM torpedo plane approaches to land, circa 1943-44. Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR. Note open elevator well in the foreground and flight deck crewmen chocking wheels of the F6Fs. 80-G-K-15300