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| Keywords: USS Saratoga CV-3 air group launch 1941.jpg View of the commencement of a launch of the Saratoga Air Group on board the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-3 circa in the Autumn of 1941 The plane nearest to the camera is a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 3 3-F-15 of VF-3 followed by Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 3 VB-3 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron 3 VT-3 are spotted on the aft part of the flight deck wings folded followed by SBD-3s probably of Scouting Squadron 3 VS-3 Note the overall light gray paint schemes with white lettering and numbering that was carried aboard naval aircraft for a short time during 1941 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028086 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16035956; Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-92000/NH-92500 html NH 92500 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1941 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Saratoga CV-3 Grumman F4F Wildcat Douglas SBD Dauntless Douglas TBD Devastator | ||||
