WWII Remnant in Micronesia - HDR Photo

The wreckage is what remains of an F6F-5 Hellcat flown by Ens. Joseph E. Cox from Idaho during his final mission of WWII. In the early afternoon of September 6, 1944, Joseph and thirty-four fellow US fighter pilots ascended from the flight decks of the carriers USS Enterprises, USS Franklin and USS San Jacinto to conduct a fighter sweep of the already battered island of Yap.

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a fighter aircraft descended from the earlier F4F Wildcat fighters. The Hellcat and the F4U Corsair were the primary US Navy carrier fighters in the second half of WWII. The Hellcat proved to be the most successful aircraft in naval history destroying 5,171 enemy aircraft.

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Uploaded on 12 Mar 15:25
by raju_raiz611

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Tags

•  ww2 
•  plane 
•  war 
•  f6f-5 
•  hellcat 
•  us airforce 
•  yap 
•  fsm 
•  96943 
•  remnants 
•  japan 

 

Details

• cameranone
• iso200
• Shooting styleHand Held
• Lens18-55mm kit lens
• Exposure-2, 0, +2
• SoftwarePhotomatix ProPhotoshop
• Shoot numberMultiple Exposure
• File formatRAW
• Notesnone

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Comments:

tigress

Interesting subject. Dark corners up top and the halo across the trees, plane and building detract from it though.

On March 12, 2011 17:01

mlibrescu

The angle of the shot with the building and trees behind make it difficult to undestand what we're looking at.

On March 12, 2011 17:58

iphonefarmer

The history is great but I have to agree with the others.

On March 13, 2011 10:28

akira

Thats a very interesting story about this. Perfect work.

On March 25, 2011 21:11