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English: Burned Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighters on the morning after a night fire aboard the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99), 20 July 1945. An aircraft attempting to land lost a fuel tank and set the deck and three F6F on fire. Admiralty Islands was handling replacement aircraft for the fleet carriers. Note that the first and the last F6F wear the air group identification symbols of USS Randolph (CV-15), the center one that of USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24).
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