Photo #: 80-G-10151 USS Enterprise (CV-6) An SBD "Dauntless" scout-bomber and five TBD-1 "Devastator" torpedo planes prepare to take-off from the carrier during operations in the south Pacific area, 4 May 1942. Note launching officer making arm signals in the lower left-center. Take-offs averaged one every thirty seconds. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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13 February 2001