F4F-3 Wildcat fighters on USS Saratoga Oct 1941
Photo #: NH 97485
Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighters,
of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)
On board USS Saratoga in early October 1941.
Plane on the aircraft elevator is 3-F-15 (Bureau # 3982), piloted by Ensign Gayle Hermann.
Note: Some caption details are taken from John B. Lundstrom: "The First Team ...", photo caption between pages 258 & 259.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighters,
of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3)
On board USS Saratoga in early October 1941.
Plane on the aircraft elevator is 3-F-15 (Bureau # 3982), piloted by Ensign Gayle Hermann.
Note: Some caption details are taken from John B. Lundstrom: "The First Team ...", photo caption between pages 258 & 259.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.