Hellcats Baby!!!

[Jack Cook]

F6F-5 Minsi II CAG-15 USS Essex

F6F-5 VF-29 USS Cabot 1945

F6F-5 VBF-13 1946

F6F-3 VF-10 Big E 1944

F6F-5 VF-3 USS Yorktown 1945

Yikes!!!

F6F-5 NAF Washington DC 1973

[Robbie Stuart]

Yea Man!! Love those Cats.

[Pat Carry]

Great photos Jack

[Django]

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

[SHAEF1944]

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

I may be way off, but they look like a set-up to align gunsight with the wing guns ?
As opposed to bore-sighting ?

Again, I may be way off .....

[jschillereff]

I noticed those also and I think they are put on during maintenance so someone in the cockpit will know not to turn the engine over.
Jason

[51fixer]

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

I may be way off, but they look like a set-up to align gunsight with the wing guns ?
As opposed to bore-sighting ?

Again, I may be way off .....

Probably true given the card at the end which aligns with the machine guns.
They also did something similar with the later P-51Ds.

Otherwise my guess is laundry day.

Rich