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80-G-204747-A Gilberts Operation, November 1943

Photo #: 80-G-204747-A Gilberts Operation, November 1943
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Title: Gilberts Operation, November 1943
Description: A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter makes condensation rings as it awaits the take-off flag aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10), 20 November 1943. The plane is from Fighting Squadron Five (VF-5). Yorktown was then hitting targets in the Marshall Islands to cover the landings in the Gilberts. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-204747-A
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