Hellcat Flight Ops

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:52 pm

F6F-3s VF-12 USS Saratoga CV-3 1944

michaelharadon · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:40 pm

I wonder how ofter flight deck workers got carved up by a prop. Nice shot. Thanks.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:10 pm

At least one I know of

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:14 pm

michaelharadon wrote:

I wonder how ofter flight deck workers got carved up by a prop. Nice shot. Thanks.

Well, there's the famous incident of Robert Wall who lost an arm to Doolittle Raider #16.

Ryan

PbyCat-Guy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:39 pm

Hey Jack, did you contribute a photo for Flight Journal? I saw a photo about Hellcat operations in the current issue, and one of the photo says photo courtesy of Jack Cook. Just wondering.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:54 pm

6-7 (F6F, F2A and F-4) and in the currect EAA/Warbirds mag about the 78th FG P-47.
Budd Davidson is using quite a few of my photos

Rajay · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:39 am

Can anyone see any sort of barrier or barricade between the Hellcats on deck and the one on SHORT final? It doesn't look to me like he would have had room to go around....

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:30 am

Rajay wrote:

Can anyone see any sort of barrier or barricade between the Hellcats on deck and the one on SHORT final? It doesn't look to me like he would have had room to go around....

I can hear a friend saying, "No worries, the landing F6F pilot is a naval aviator ..."

That being said, I think it was SOP to flip the barrier up and down rather quickly as planes landed/taxiied forward.

Wade

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