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Who's the best wingman you ask? ...

Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:51 pm

Well maybe you didn't ask, but I'll tell ya anyway ... 'anyone flying a Hellcat!!!'
Yep! so what I'm biased. Here's some more Hellcats to add to the WIX warbird of the month for October. (if there is a warbird of the month around here) Sources NMNA archives and my own 'stuff'. Even though you've seen most of them before you have to admit they never get old. pop2

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F6F-3 Hellcat from VF-9 is flying in WestPac. The pilot was Gene Valencia 1944

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F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 is in flight. The squadron is assigned to USS Hornet (CV-12).

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F6F-5 Hellcat is flying from the flight deck of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Western Pacific

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-75 is flying near Atlantic City, NJ.

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F6F-5 Grumman Hellcat aircraft of VF-9 no. 23 from the flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16)

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF(N)-1, Operational Training Unit (OTU), flying out of NAS Vero Beach, FL.

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F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft from VF-20 is in flight from NAS Melbourne, FL 1944

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Grumman F6F-5 from the USS Boxer over Contra Costa County, California in February 1947.

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F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-80 is in flight off the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Oceana VA area 1944

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-83 from the flight deck ofhe USS Essex (CV-9) is in flight.

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F6F-5 Hellcat is in flight out of NAAS Oceana, VA 1946

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F6F Hellcat aircraft of VF-27 is flying from the flight deck of the USS Independence (CVL-22) 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of NAS Moffett Field, CA 1946

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft from VF-3 are flying near NAAS Oceana, VA. 1945

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F6F-3 Hellcat USNR aircraft of NARU New York, NY, in flight.1948

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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat pictured in flight near NAS Corpus Christi, TX in 1946.

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-40 is shown in flight over Ishigami Island of Sahishima Group. The pilot was LT(JG) Coleman. 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-88 is in flight from NAS Los Alamitos, CA.

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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat

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F6F-5P Hellcat aircraft of CASU-27 in flight. 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VBF-6 in flight over Astoria, OR 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft from VF-20 in flight. 1945

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F6F-5N Hellcat aircraft of VMF(N)-533 is in flight near Ie Shima, Okinawa. 1945

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F6F-5N Hellcat of VFN-90 from the USS Enterprise CV-6

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F6F-3 Hellcat NATC aircraft is in flight. It was the 4th production of the aircraft.

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F6F-5 Hellcat assigned to the light carrier Independence (CVL 22) pictured in flight, 1945

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F6F-5N Hellcat of VFN-90 from the USS Enterprise CV-6

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Two (2) F6F-5P Hellcat aircraft of VF-85 in flight from the deck of USS Shangri-La (CV-38) near Japan 8-17-1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-75 in flight.

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F6F-5 Hellcats from a Reserve Unit

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VMF-215 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft from VF-3 are flying near NAAS Oceana, VA. 1945-2

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-7 in flight off USS Enterprise (CV-6).

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F6F-5 Hellcat of VF-4. in formation

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Three (3) F6F-5 Hellcat are flying in formation near NAAS Oceana, VA 1945

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F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-153 and CAG-153 in flight over NAS Oceana (Dad flying #53) 1946

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Four (4) F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-6 are flying over Moana Loa, HI

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F6F-5 Hellcat and F8F-1 aircraft of ATU-2 are in flight out of NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

Re: Who's the best wingman you ask? ...

Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:26 pm

You can never post too many Hellcat pictures. I thought it was the WIX Warbird of the Year for 2013, though?

Re: Who's the best wingman you ask? ...

Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:28 pm

Give me the corsair any day, any other day ill take the hellcat too! Great pics
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