Royal_Air_Force_Spitfires_on_USS_Wasp_(CV-7),_in_May_1942.jpg
Summary
Description Royal Air Force Spitfires on USS Wasp (CV-7), in May 1942.jpg |
English:
Royal Air Force Supermarine
Spitfire
Mk.VC are spotted on the deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS
Wasp
(CV-7) in 1942.
Wasp
loaded the
Spitfire
s on 3 May 1942 and ferried them to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, they were launched on 9 May 1942 to reinforce the British-held Malta ("Operation Bovery"). A Grumman F4F-4
Wildcat
of Fighter Squadron 71 (VF-71) is parked on the left (with radial engine and folded wings). The British aircraft carrier HMS
Eagle
is visible in the background. Both carriers launched 64
Spitfire
s.
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Date | |
Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News 1 October 1945 [1] |
Author | U.S. Navy |
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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