Keywords: F6F-5N F6F-5 CVE-87 1944-45.jpg Two U S Navy Grumman F6F Hellcats prepare to take off from the escort carrier USS Steamer Bay CVE-87 1944/45 The plane on the catapult is an F6F-5N night fighter and has an APS-6 radar installed in a starboard wing-mounted radome Both aircraft had obviously been ferried by the escort carrier as squadron or carrier markings had not yet been applied Since there is a blackened area on the tail of the F6F-5N maybe the wartime censor eradicated the squadron markings U S Navy photo on www navsource org http //www navsource org/archives/03/0308704 jpg 1944/45 photographer Steve Miller ETM 2/c USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F6F-5 Hellcat USS Steamer Bay CVE-87 Night fighter aircraft |