USN Fighting Squadron Five VF-5USN Fighting Squadron Five VF-5

Aircrew Jim Schiller in his Grumman F6F-Hellcat VF-5 White 9 01

Airworthy warbird Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat POF Museum VF-5 01

Airworthy warbird Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat POF Museum VF-5 02

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat belonging to VF-5 being manouvered by deck crew 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 9 USS Yorktown II 1943 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 aboard CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 00 James Flatley USS Yorktown 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 00 Marcus Island raid CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 00 Marcus Island raid CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 02

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 00 Marcus Island raid CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 03

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 10, 35, 37 and 39 Marcus Island raid CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 12 preparing for launch CV-10 USS Yorktown 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 1 preparing for launch CV-10 USS Yorktown 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 22 aboard CV-10 USS Yorktown 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White 33 landing mishap CV-10 USS Yorktown 31st Mar 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-5 White aboard CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-5 White 12 landing mishap CV-12 USS Hornet 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-5 White 18 aboard CV-12 USS Hornet 1945 01

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat VF-5 White 1 on patrol CV-10 USS Yorktown 1944 01

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, from the US Navy's VF-5 White 'White 00' and operated from USS Yorktown 1943.

Personal aircraft of James H. Flatley CAG-5 of VF-5 based on the USS Yorktown. Flatley was already an Ace and a veteran of Coral Sea and the Solomons when called upon to lead VF-5 in initiating the Hellcat into combat during the Marcus Island raids of August/September 1943. The tri-tone paint scheme was applied in the field over the previous NS Blue-Gray/NS Light Gray scheme. Also noteworthy is the small national insignia on the fuselage.

VF-5 Tour of Duty

From 19 to 19 CV-5 Yorktown F4F
From 1941/12 CV-4 Ranger 19xF4F (41/12)
From 1942/07/07 to 1942/09/11 CV-3 Saratoga 36xF4F-4 (42/07/07)
From 1942/09/11 to 1942/10/12 Henderson 25xF4F
From 1942/10/15 - attacking Japanese supply convoy off Guadalcanal
From 1943/08 to 1944/04 CV-10 Yorktown II CVG-5 36xF6F-3 (43/11), 37xF6F-3 (44/01)

USN Ships WWII
CV-10 Yorktown II

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover - COD/CLOD skins - No 3d model at this stage
 
IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (FB), Ace Expansion Pack (AEP), Pacific Fighters (PF), 1946 skins
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 01 USS Yorktown II 1943
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 01 USS Yorktown II 1943 V0A-0B
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 01 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 01 USS Yorktown II 1943-45 V0A-0C
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 02 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 03 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 04 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 05 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 06 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 07 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 08 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 09 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 10 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 11 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 12 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 13 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 14 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 15 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 16 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 17 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 18 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 19 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 20 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 21 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 22 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 23 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 24 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 25 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 26 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 27 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 28 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 29 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 30 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 31 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 32 USS Yorktown II 1943-45
  IL2 game skin by HT F6F-3 VF-5 White 33 USS Yorktown II 1943-45

  VF-5 White USS Yorktown Skin Pack A June 1943 - September 1943. 34 Skins F6F-3 Hellcat's from USS Yorktown VF-5 White CVG-5. This skin pack has the same four skins that where in the previous skin pack (F6F skin pack USN scheme 93879) numbers 30/31/32/33 except they have been reworked. There is four different weathering layers for these Hellcat's & I have also added numbers 00 through 29 bringing the total amount of skins in this pack to 34. This pack is encouraged to be used for Mission & Campaign building. VF-5 White USS Yorktown Skin Pack A and B; Fixed color for pitot tube; Added various service markings; Fixed Intake shade; Fixed gun barrel color; Fixed color inside of landing gear; Dark sea blue is now a little darker; NEW Exhaust smoke; 3 Tone color lines have been soften; Added various panel shades; Fixed navigation lights. HT Hellcat http://www.mission4today.com/

  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-3 VF-5 White 00 Pilot Flatley USS Yorktown 1943
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-3 VF-5 White 00 Pilot Flatley USS Yorktown 1943 NM
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-3 VF-5 White 9 USS Yorktown II 1943
  IL2 game skin by RO F6F-3 VF-5 White 30 USS Yorktown 1943

  F6F-3 No. 30 of VF-5, USS Yorktown 1943. Personal aircraft of James H. Flatley CAG-5 of VF-5 White based on the USS Yorktown. Flatley was already an Ace and a veteran of Coral Sea and the Solomons when called upon to lead VF-5 White in initiating the Hellcat into combat during the Marcus Island raids of August/September 1943. The tri-tone paint scheme was applied in the field over the previous NS Blue-Gray/NS Light Gray scheme. Also noteworthy is the small national insignia on the fuselage. This skin is 100% free for personal use. Please do not alter this skin for upload or incorporate elements of it into others without permission. Thanks. For user-made or free campaigns feel free to use any of my stuff. If you do, let me know so I can fly it. RN Ronnco rtarget@gmail.com

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII

  1939   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944   1945

    Bibliography:

  • Barrett Tillman, Hellcat: The F6F in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 1979
  • David McCampbell article from National Aviation Hall of Fame website
  • Edward Sims, Greatest Fighter Missions, Harper and Brothers, 1962 - This sequel includes U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots
  • Barrett Tillman, Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Osprey

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

      Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U Corsair
  • http://warbirdregistry.org/corsairregistry/corsairregistry.html
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/
  • http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum New York NY
  • http://www.airzoo.org/ Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum Kalamazoo MI
  • http://www.lsfm.org/aircraft/hellcat.htm Lone Star Flight Museum Galveston TX
  • http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/aero/aircraft/grumman_f6f.htmNational Air and Space Museum Washington DC
  • http://www.naval-air.org/ National Museum of Naval Aviation AS Pensacola FL
  • http://www.neam.org/ New England Air Museum Windsor Locks CT
  • http://www.planesoffame.org Planes of Fame Air Museum Eden Prairie MN
  • http://users.ids.net/~qam/qam/ Quonset Air Museum North Kingston RI
  • http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/ San Diego Aerospace Museum North Kingston RI
  • http://www.planesoffame.org/ The Air Museum Planes of Fame Chino CA

 

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