F4F-3 Wildcat fighter on USS Saratoga Oct 1941-VF-3
Photo #: 80-PR-1154
Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighter, of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)
Prepares to take off from USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa October 1941.
The plane's pilot is probably Lt. John S. Thach, VF-3 Commanding Officer.
Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.
Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighter, of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)
Prepares to take off from USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa October 1941.
The plane's pilot is probably Lt. John S. Thach, VF-3 Commanding Officer.
Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.