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| Description | U.S. Navy launching officer, Lieutenant David McCampbell, gets the ready signal from the pilot of a British Royal Air Force "Spitfire" VC, just before it took off for Malta from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), 9 May 1942. This was Wasp´s second Malta reinforcement mission. Note deck crewmen holding the plane back. A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" is in the background. |
| Date | Taken on 9 May 1942 |
| Source | Cropped from an Official U.S. Navy photograph [1], |
| Author | USN |
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| current | 11:02, 17 September 2024 | | 2,253 × 1,878 (423 KB) | Catsmeat | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=U.S. Navy launching officer, Lieutenant David McCampbell, gets the ready signal from the pilot of a British Royal Air Force "Spitfire" VC, just before it took off for Malta from the aircraft carrier USS ''Wasp'' (CV-7), 9 May 1942. This was ''Wasp''´s second Malta reinforcement mission. Note deck crewmen holding the plane back. A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" is in the background. |Source=Cropped from an Official U.S. Navy photograph [https://www.hi... |
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