Keywords: F4Fs VF-8 launch USS Hornet 2 1942.jpg en U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of fighting squadron VF-8 launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8 circa May/June 1942 The first aircraft F-9 was piloted by Ens Charles M Kelly Jr After a fruitless search for the Japanese fleet on 4 June 1942 his plane ran out of fuel and ditched but he could not be rescued maritimequest com http //www maritimequest com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/hornet_cv_8/uss_hornet_cv8_page_12 htm 1942 U S Navy photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat Aboard USS Hornet CV-8 |