Photo #: 80-G-17425 USS Enterprise (CV-6) 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. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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5 January 2001