Marine Photo Hellcat After Flak Hit

Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:40 pm

Marine pilot poses with his F6F-5P after getting hit over Guam.

Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:09 pm

Looks like it was taken yesterday! Great shots!

Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:33 pm

Dang...that kid's what..18, 19? I didn't even have a driver's lisence yet at that age!

SN

Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:12 am

My favorite photo for latest flurry of Hellcat threads.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:28 pm

By the way the metal is dented and peeled outwards, this looks like the shrapnel came from the other side; I wonder what that side looked like?

great shot!

cheers

greg v.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:57 pm

Steve Nelson wrote:Dang...that kid's what..18, 19...

And completely indestructible!!

(At least that's how my 18 year old drives his car

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