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Aviation History
1945
1945 - 1356.PDF
JtTLY I2TH 1945. J. A HeLcat, having come intoo high, also has to go round again—in this case at the command of thebatsman " seen in the background. Landings must be "spot-on" owing to the limited deck lengthNote the arrester hook well clear of the wires and the tat! well up, indicating plenty of flying speed. tten-off" Hellcat is about to be>zed overboard by one of the rrier's mobile deck-cranes. undercarriage, flaps and arrester all ready for a landing, this at is ordered, by means of a I flare fired from the bridge, to und again because the deck i? not clear. S. The leader oi a flight of Hellcats is flaggedoff by the flight-deck control officer (dressed in white and wearing a " Mae West "), and the next pre-pares to taxi into position on the " accelerator "—a catapult device, let into the deck, which assists 'he take-off 6. Armourers reloading the port magazines ot a Hellcat's 0.5m. wing guns. The three muzzles (one flush with the leading edge) can just be seen.
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