Sailors from the USS Lexington move an aircraft with a flat tire down the flight deck, November 1943. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
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A pair of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Fighting Squadron VF-6 on the elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Doolittle Raid, April 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters sit with propellers running and wings folded on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) photographed at sea during 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) waves off a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft, June 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, via National Archives.)
Vought F4U-4 Corsair of U.S. Navy Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 (VBF-82) “Checkmates” on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) in 1946. (U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation Photograph.)
On the crowded flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, Grumman TBF-1 Avengers, and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless prepare for a strike in November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
An F6F Hellcat’s propeller blades leave a visible trail of condensation on the USS Yorktown. (U.S. Navy Photograph / NARA.)
A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter is photographed on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown as the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) passes alongside. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)