MAKE A MEME View Large Image SBDs on Sangamon class Nov 1942.jpg Eight U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers and six Gruman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Santee ACV-29 during Operation Torch the November 1942 invasion of ...
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Keywords: SBDs on Sangamon class Nov 1942.jpg Eight U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers and six Gruman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Santee ACV-29 during Operation Torch the November 1942 invasion of North Africa Note the yellow Operation Torch markings visible around the fuselage stars of some of these airplanes Also note the distance and target information temporarily marked on the carrier's flight deck <br>Some published sources state that this photo was taken on USS Sangamon ACV-26 However the camouflage pattern on her island definitely identifies the ship as Santee Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g-k/80-G-K-15000/80-G-K-15250 html 80-G-K-15250 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-11 Lieutenant Horace Bristol USNR PD-USGov-Military-Navy Operation Torch USS Santee CVE-29 World War II color photographs of the Mediterranean Middle East and Africa
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