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41834, (cn A-3100), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

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41834, (cn A-3100), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

Operator: USA - Navy

 

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  • On display in the Boeing Aviation Hangar room at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. Hellcat Bu.No. 41834 was built at Bethpage in Feb. 1944. Assigned to VF-15 aboard USS Hornet (CV-12), it made its way to Hawaii. It was then assigned to VF-3 and VF-83. The Hellcat was converted into a target drone and used to measure radiation for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946.

 

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  • Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D800 Exposure time: 1/20 sec(s) Aperture value: F/4.5 ISO speed: 320 Date created: 05.06.2016 15:56:18 Focal length: 32mm

 

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