WWII Remnant in Micronesia

Picture by raju_raiz611


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  • March 12, 2011
  • 18-55mm kit lens
  • Shooting Style Hand Held
  • Shoots Number Multiple Exposure
  • Exposures Number -2, 0, +2
  • Editing Software Photomatix Pro / Photoshop
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes
ww2 plane war f6f-5 hellcat us airforce yap fsm 96943 remnants japan

5 Comments

12 Mar 15:25
raju_raiz611

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.

12 Mar 17:01
tigress

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

12 Mar 17:58
mlibrescu

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

13 Mar 10:28
iphonefarmer

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

25 Mar 21:11
akira

Thats a very interesting story about this. Perfect work.

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