Hornet Air Group morning take off 1942-06-04

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US Navy photograph

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http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/hornet_cv_8/uss_hornet_cv8_page_11.htm; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7386.036

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Flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) on the morning of 4 June 1942. Aircraft are spotted and ready to take off for strike on Japanese Kido Butai during Battle of Midway. F4F-4 Wildcats (from left to right) F-21, F-16, F-20, F-24 and F-22 can be identified in the foreground. This photo shows only 10 Wildcats and according to Lundstrom's The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (p. 333-334) take-off order these should be all of Mitchell´s escort fighters. Therefore another five unidentified Wildcats should be F-18, F-5, F-9, F-19 and F-13. None of them will return. SBD Dauntlesses in the background should be (according to Lundstrom) from Scounting Eight. According to Clayton Fisher's story [1] the forward SBD in the middle should be Fisher´s Bombing Eight SBDs. Note the old type of helmets on heads of handling-crew.

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