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Summary
| Description | A U.S. Navy Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator (BuNo 1376) from scouting squadron VS-72 pictured on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) at Quincy, Massachusetts (USA), in June 1940. The elevator consisted of a platform for the front wheels and an outrigger for the tail wheel. The two arms on the sides moved the platform in a half-circle up and down between the flight deck and the hangar deck. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.2139 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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