Hellscats For Mr. Hellcat

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 7:09 pm

Mark I hope your homestead is OK with all the fires down there!!!

F6F-3 of VF-2 preparing to launch from the Hornet.

Jim Billo of VF-10 traps on the Big E

Any landing you can swim away from is a good landing!

F6F-5 of VF-30 after a landing bobo on the Belleau Wood

F6F-5 VBF-17 flown by LT John Johnson

Roy Burnett's all ace division of VF-30

L-R Burnett, Dahms, Mazzocco & Phillips

LT Roy Burnett XO VF-30 1945

VF-16 pilots on the Lexington

''Oc'' Chenoweth XO VF-38 Segi Point New Georgia 8-43

"Oc" & his P/C AMM1/c Pete Holm

''Oc'' after his first kill

"Oc" and his division at Segi Point VF-38

Holedigger · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 7:16 pm

Nice pics as usual. I too hope Mark is doing OK, we've had enough fires here in FL to keep us on our toes! But the fire threat goes away when the hurricanes arrive!!! :shock:

I hear tell that the escorts that fished aviators out of the drink, traded them for 5 gallons of ice cream....so what's the going rate for an airman these days?!?

bobbrunn · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 9:29 pm

Jack,

The first photo is actually none other than Roy " Butch " Voris of later Blue Angels fame. There is a copy of that shot in Robert Wilcox book " First Blue"

Chad Veich · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 9:32 pm

bobbrunn wrote:

Jack,

The first photo is actually none other than Roy " Butch " Voris of later Blue Angels fame. There is a copy of that shot in Robert Wilcox book " First Blue"

Isn't that also the scheme that used to be on Bob Pond's Hellcat?

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 10:49 am

darn it!!! Jack has put here in last months great number of excellent images of Hellcat and many of them are very attarctive subject! And nobody ask me for color profile :evil:

It look like that I will make my own article project!

Thank you Jack!

Holedigger · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 11:14 am

Don't forget the excellent pics on this thread, factory pics, close-up details, bottom of page 8 over through 10 http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... &start=105

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 4:04 pm

Yes, Armyjunk give great effort in that topic!!!

Hellcat · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 7:34 pm

Thx Jack, sad time in SB, but we'll survive. Anyone in Watsonville for the airshow this weekend? I hear the CAF's hellcat is there .... BTW ... who's #36 Hellcat in your first photo? ... I'd love to see a photo of dad's Hellcat's on the Hornet ... I've got the Bu No's for the missions he flew, but no photos.

M

A2C · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 7:47 pm

The Hellcat is one of my favorites. saw 2 at Chino Air Show

Hellcat · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 8:01 pm

The 8th photo, what's up with the antenna's? ...

bobbrunn · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 8:18 pm

Hellcat wrote:

Thx Jack, sad time in SB, but we'll survive. Anyone in Watsonville for the airshow this weekend? I hear the CAF's hellcat is there .... BTW ... who's #36 Hellcat in your first photo? ... I'd love to see a photo of dad's Hellcat's on the Hornet ... I've got the Bu No's for the missions he flew, but no photos.

M

#36 is VF-2 Hellcat with Butch Voris in the cockpit. This is one of the photos in " First Blue " book by Robert Wilcox on Voris career from WW2 through Blue Angels and after.

Hellcat · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 8:25 pm

Thx for the info on #36, anyone have additional info on the Hornet's VF wing from Nov. 1944 to feb. 1945?

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