Keywords: F4F-4 Wildcat of VF-5 near Guadalcanal 1942.jpg A U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 5 VF-5 during a flight out of Guadalcanal VF-5 had been based aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 Most of her air group was flown to Guadalcanal after the carrier had been torpedoed on 27 August 1942 VF-5 operated 24 Wildcats from Guadalcanal but after five weeks only five aircraft remained operational http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 56430 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7391 005 1942-09 FM Howard Crews U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat Cactus Air Force Pacific War in September 1942 |