Wednesday, 20 November 2013

CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 140

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Year of photo: 1943
Location: Vella Lavella, Solomons
Other vehicles: Aircraft
Note:  Extra high bow height.
Commentary: F6F-3 Hellcat of Navy Fighting Squadron 33 after dropping into a bomb crater at the Barakoma airstrip, Vella Lavella, Solomons, late 1943. Fighting 33 was one of the few land based fighter squadrons, a role later taken up by Marine squadrons.
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