Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats of VGF-1 aboard USS Tulagi (CVE-72) off Southern France, circa in July 1944

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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats of VGF-1 aboard USS Tulagi (CVE-72) off Southern France, circa in July 1944

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U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats of Observation Fighting Squadron 1 (VOF-1) aboard the escort carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72) during the landings in southern France ("Operation Dragoon") in July or August 1944. Note the British RP-3 rockets in the foreground.

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1944
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U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/(Archive) 1 October 1945, p. 5.
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