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Photo #: 80-G-11664 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Two Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" scout bombers of Scouting Squadron Five (VS-5) fly past the ship, during operations in the Coral Sea, circa April 1942. Planes parked on the flight deck, in the foreground, are Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighters of Fighting Squadron 42 (VF-42). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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7 April 1999