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.

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