File:F6F-5Ks Bikini 1946.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat drones during the "Operation Crossroads" atomic tests at the Bikini Atoll in July 1946. The Hellcats were flown through the cloud formation to test radiactivity. The different coloured tails indicated different radio guidance frequencies.
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Source scan from Robert L. Lawson (ed.): The History of US Naval Air Power. The Military Press, New York (USA), 1985. ISBN 0-517-414813, p. 105. US Navy cited as source.
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