Skylighters, The Web Site of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion: Photo of the Week -- 24 December 2001

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The World War II Photo of the Week
for 24 December 2001

FLIGHT DECK (71 K)

Aboard the Fighting Lady ...

The flight deck of the American carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5, aka "The Fighting Lady") is jammed with aircraft as she patrols a quiet stretch of the Pacific. The Yorktown, a floating runway nearly three football fields long, was home to 85 aircraft of four main types: Wildcats, Avengers, Dauntless dive-bombers, and Devastator torpedo-bombers. Photo from the Webmaster's collection.

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