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Captain Robert F.Hickey, USN (Dec)
on the Bridge of the Hancock CV-19
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Late in WWII, Captain Hickey of the Hancock was bound to be concerned with the morale of the whole
ships company.
Some of the jobs below deck were to become hum-drum and boring. It was easy for them to become isolated
and feel they were not a part of the real action.
One of the ideas presented to boost up the Morale of the ship, was to let the artists onboard design
artwork characters to be painted on the starboard side of the engine cowling of the various aircraft to be observed
by any individual that happened to be watching the movement of aircraft on deck.
The contest was open to any one, especially those below deck that needed the exposure the most.
It may have started with Captain Dickey, but I am sure that Captain Hickey and Capt Gallery were
involved and everyone received a lot of fun out of the project.
Aircraft Side Art Gallery
Below are some of he Side Art that was created by Hancock Artist on various planes of Air Group Six...
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"Hot Rocks"
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"Slim's Rowboat by Curtiss"
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"Liberty Bell"
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"Mary B"
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"Rugged"
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"Little Looie"
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"The Flying Baker"
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"Half Hitch"
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"Jelly Belly"
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"Battlin 'B'"
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"Tally Ho!"
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"Betty Lynn!"
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"Don't Fence Me In"
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"The Little Bigshot"
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"The Nit-Witt"
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"MissConduct"
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"Home was never like this!"
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"LIttle Jo"
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"Joyce"
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"Blood!!" "Guts!!
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"Bailing Wire"
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"Old Dud"
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"FOG"
"FOOLS RUCH IN"
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"The"
"PURPLE SHAFT"
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"IT'S THE _____?"
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"- Little Yard Ape -"
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- The End -
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"Felix the Cat" was Butch O'Hare's beloved Mascot
of VF-3, and when the squadron was re-formed in San Diego in 1943, the squadron designation was changed from VF-3
to VF-6.
Felix continued to be the squadron mascot of the new squadron,
VF-6, and all of Butch's Boys had a deep affection for their mascot, Felix the Cat..
Hersch Pahl continues to have a deep and abiding fondness
for this very familiar and mischievous little cat, which holds so many warm memories for him of Butch O'Hare and
his Squadron mates of VF-6.
Go to Top
"For those who fought for it...
freedom has a flavor the protected will never know!"
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