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    • [PDF File]A Collection of Articles on Naval Aviation in World War II - NHHC

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      A typical carrier air group, as it was called, of the 1930s included a fighting (VF), bombing (VB), scouting (VS), and torpedo (VT) squadron, nominally 72 combat planes in all. As always, there were the usual exceptions. Wasp (CV-7), smaller than her contem- poraries, got two VF and two VS

    • [PDF File]Evolution of Aircraft Carriers THE WARTIME EUROPEAN CARRIERS - NHHC

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      the tracking of enemy aircraft. She was also the first carrier to have a fighter-direction officer aboard. With tronics, Illustrious- based planes claimed 75 enemy aircraft in a little over six months of operation. HMS Eagle was the first aircraft car-rier to launch planes against enemy surface warships in WW II. On July 9, 1940, carrier ...

    • [PDF File]Air Transportation in the Post-World War II Era: Commentary

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      production of civil aircraft for use by their own flag carriers as well as those of nonmanufacturing nations. However, rearma- ment and the early onset of hostilities soon focused virtually ... Larger, faster, longer-range planes with pressurized cabins pro- vided more comfortable and reliable service, plus the possibility of fewer stops or ...

    • [PDF File]Evolution of Aircraft Carriers CVB'S: THE BATTLE CARRIERS - NHHC

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      vember 1945.Her aircraft aboard consisted of 57 F4U-4Corsairs, 59 SB2C-4E Helldivers, and 4 F6FHell- cats, totalling 120 aircraft, 17 fewer than her full complement of 137. The carrier’s nucleus crew came from a Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (CASU) under ComAirLant. Plane handlers were sent to Great Lakes where they boarded the training ships

    • Replacing Battleships with Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific in World War II

      Despite the unknowns associated with aircraft carrier operations, U.S. carrier doctrine was relatively advanced by April 1939, when Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander Aircraft, Battle Force, issued the guidance document “Operations with Carriers.” For example, it defined the primary mission of carrier aircraft

    • [PDF File]1945 January 29-February 4 Aircraft carriers rule the Pacific

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      The first United States aircraft carrier was the U.S.S. Langley. It had been launched in 1912 as a coal and oil supply ship. ... Through a combination of intelligence work, courage, skill, and some luck, American planes from aircraft carriers 5sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and destroyed 322 Japanese aircraft. The next three years saw ...

    • [PDF File]Second World War aircraft - RAF Museum

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      used to detect enemy aircraft. North American B25 Mitchell After Pearl Harbour, the Americans wanted to hit back at Japan by dropping bombs on Tokyo. The Mitchell was one of the best allied medium bombers of World War Two. In April 1942, 16 Mitchells, operating from the American aircraft carrier USS Hornet, made

    • [PDF File]Remembering Pearl Harbor A Pearl Harbor Fact Sheet - The National WWII ...

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      six months, the U.S. carrier fleet dealt a decisive blow to Yamamoto’s navy in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway, sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers. After this U.S. victory came the U.S. island-hopping campaign and the eventual defeat of the Japanese Empire in August 1945. U.S. Casualties at Pearl Harbor Service Killed Wounded Total

    • [PDF File]Naval Aviation in WW II Guadalcanal - NHHC

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      torpedo planes, some of the 97 aircraft lost by the enemy that day. Erroneously believing that his forces had by then sunk all of the Pacific Fleet’s carriers, Adm. Yamamoto failed to move ... The flak-filled sky over the U. S. carrier task force portrays the fury of the Battle of Santa Cruz. 29 . Naval Aviation in WW II with their gunfire ...

    • [PDF File]Virginians at War - Virginia War Memorial

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      used by the U.S. Navy during WWII Wardroom: the mess cabin for high-ranking naval oļ¬ƒcers NOTABLE SHIPS Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, and Soryu: four Japanese heavy aircraft carriers, all sunk by U.S. dive-bombers. USS Enterprise: Heavy aircraft carrier present at the Battle of Midway, part of Task Force 16. USS Hornet: Heavy aircraft carrier

    • [PDF File]A PEARL HARBOR FACT SHEET

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      six months, the U.S. carrier fleet dealt a decisive blow to Yamamoto’s navy in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway, sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers. After this U.S. victory came the start of the U.S. island-hopping campaign and the eventual defeat of the Japanese Empire in August 1945. U.S. Casualties at Pearl Harbor

    • [PDF File]WING-FOLDING MECHANISM OF THE GRUMMAN WILDCAT - ASME

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      The Wildcat was one of very few U.S. planes to enter production prior to the start of the war and continue throughout the war. Grumman incorporated features to protect the pilot and vital aircraft equipment so that their plane could continue flying and bring the plane and pilot back to the carrier in spite of severe battle damage.

    • [PDF File]POST-WAR YEARS - NHHC

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      first carrier launching of planes of this size and weight. It was inevitable, then, that the Navy would introduce all-jet squad-rons to carrier operations. On May 5, 1948, Fighter Squadron 17-A, equipped with 16FH- 1 Phantoms, became the first carrier-qualified jet squadron in the U.S. Navy. It took three days of operations to do it, but all ...

    • [PDF File]Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II - U.S. Department of ...

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      A separate Troop Carrier Command and newly formed airborne divisions hammered out doctrinal concepts and tactical requirements for paratroop engagements. Despite opera- ... cessful organization with thousands of aircraft and a global network of communications centers, weather forecasting offices, airfields, and maintenance depots, and air-age ...

    • Naval Tactics and the Introduction of the Aircraft Carrier

      A key to making sure carrier fleets succeeded was the use of intelligence gathering planes to find enemy ships. Because of the mobility of these bases, and the reach of the planes housed in them, being the first one to strike could make the difference in sinking the other ships or being sunk. This was shown to be the case at the Battle of Midway.

    • [PDF File]Evolution of Aircraft Carriers LAST OF THE FLEET PROBLEMS - NHHC

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      Haitian-based planes scouted from day-light to dark, whileLexington- of two anti-aircraft guns, thebased fighters and scouts launched every three hours for a 12-hour period. Weather improved on the third day and theBlue commander ordered his carrier planes launched. Still neither side had any idea where the opponent was. This status continued ...

    • [PDF File]F4U Corsair - Operational Summary - WWII

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      of 1,562 enemy planes destroyed by land-based Corsairs. Later, after being assigned to aircraft carriers, Corsairs shot down 578 enemy planes with a loss of only 34 F4U’s in air combat. Although the first landing of a Corsair aboard a carrier took place September 25, 1942, the Navy did not begin carrier operations with the planes until late 1944.

    • The Future of the Aircraft Carrier and the Carrier Air Wing

      16 Forum / The Future of the Aircraft Carrier and the Carrier Air Wing JFQ 90, 3rd Quarter 2018 The Future of the Aircraft Carrier and the Carrier Air Wing By Michael E. O’Hanlon W hat is the future of the aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy? Some would argue that the carrier is obsolete. Faced with threats ranging from China’s DF-21 and

    • [PDF File]In This Issue Shipwreck project finds remains of WWII aircraft carrier ...

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      WWII aircraft carrier Hornet One of the most important aircraft carriers in WWII history has been located thanks to efforts from the crew of Paul Allen’s R/V Petrel. The ... and torpedo planes, and her crew of nearly 2,200. Wreckage of the USS Hornet was discovered in late January about 5,330 meters (17,500 feet) below the surface, resting on ...

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