A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 <i>Wildcat</i> of Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5) during a flight out of Guadalcanal. VF-5 had been based aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Saratoga</i> (CV-3). Most of her air group was flown to Guadalcanal after the carrier had been torpedoed on 27 August 1942. VF-5 operated 24 <i>Wildcat</i>s from Guadalcanal but, after five weeks, only five aircraft remained operational.
FM Howard Crews, U.S. Navy
1942-09
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