File:USS Yorktown CV-10 1943 aerial with F6Fs.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) in 1943. Note that the forward hull number on the flight deck is turned around, so that it was readable for aircraft approaching from the bow. 15 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighers of fighting squadron VF-5 are visible on deck. Note the extended hangar catapult on the starboard side forward of the gun turrets.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2003.143.005 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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