View of the U.S. Navy Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA). The parked aircraft include Douglas SBD <i>Dauntless</i>, Grumman F4F <i>Wildcat</i>, Grumman F6F <i>Hellcat</i> and Grumman TBF <i>Avenger</i> types. Some light-coloured aircraft in the center appear to be Northrop BT. The Grumman F6F-3 <i>Hellcat</i>s in the right foregound were assigned to Fighting Squadron 50 (VF-50), which was established on 15 August 1943. Also visible are Douglas SBD-5 <i>Dauntless</i> of Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2), also (re-)established in mid-1943. Therfore the photo was most probalby taken during the last quarter of 1943. VB-2 left for the Pacific theater of war in December 1943.
U.S. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration.
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