Asisbiz FM 2 Wildcat VC 93 White 6 landing CVE 80 USS Petrof Bay 1944

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FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 landing on CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Apr 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 12 landing mishap CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay 1944 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 12 on patrol CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Apr 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 15 taking off CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Apr 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 16, 18, 19 and 24 landed based 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 16, 18, 19 and 24 landed based 02

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 1st Lt RC Sullivan CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 0A

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 1st Lt RC Sullivan CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 0B

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 aboard CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 on patrol CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 over CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 6 aboard CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay 1944 0A

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 6 aboard CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay 1944 0B

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 6 landing CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay 1944 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 7 landing mishap CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay 16th Apr 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 9 on patrol CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Apr 1945 01

General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 25 aboard USS Fanshaw Bay Aug 1945 0A

Grumman TBM-3 Avenger VC-93 White 83 return from a bombing run in Miyako Japan 1945 01

FM-2 Wildcat VC-93 White 20 aboard CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay Okinawa 1945 01

US Navy Pilot Lt(jg) Hatherly Foster III. VC-93 had 30 aircraft 18xFM-2 Wildcat's and 12xTBM-3 Avengers and operated from CVE-80 Petrof Bay (Iceberg) from 1945/03/10 to 1945/05/30. VC-93 performed ground attack and anti-submarine duties as well as downing 17 enemy planes during the Battle of Okinawa.

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz desert war expansion now has a Wildcat!

IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (FB), Ace Expansion Pack (AEP), Pacific Fighters (PF), 1946 skins

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII
1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945

    Bibliography:

    Magazine References: +

Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/

Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html

FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/

Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html

Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/

Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt

Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html

Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/

Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/

Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

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