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80-G-17425 USS Enterprise (CV-6)

Photo #: 80-G-17425  USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Title: USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Description: Aviation Metalsmiths assemble a Grumman F4F-3 fighter on the carrier's hangar deck, 28 October 1941. The plane bears the markings of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3), including a Felix the Cat insignia under the cockpit windshield. Note spare airplanes triced up in the hangar overhead, including TBD-1 torpedo planes (with markings of VT-3) and SBD scout bombers (with markings of VS-2). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-17425
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