File:Hornet Air Group morning take off 1942-06-04.jpg
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English: 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.
Čeština: Letová paluba USS Hornet (CV-8) ráno 4. června 1942. Letadla jsou rozmístěna ke startu a připravena zaútočit na japonskou Kidó Butai během bitvy u Midway. Stíhačky F4F-4 Wildcats (zleva doprava) F-21, F-16, F-20, F-24 a F-22 jsou dobře identifikovatelné v popředí. Fotografie ukazuje pouze 10 Wildcatů a podle Lundstromem uváděného pořadí (v The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway, str. 333-334) by se tak mělo jednat o Mitchellovy doprovodné Wildcaty. V tom případě zbývajících pět neidentifikovaných Wildcatů by měly být F-18, F-5, F-9, F-19 a F-13. Žádný z nich se nevrátí. SBD Dountlessy v pozadí by podle Lundstroma měly patřit VS-8, ale podle příběhu Claytona Fishera [2] by Dountless vpředu uprostřed měl patřit Fisherovi z VB-8. Všimněte si starého typu přileb na hlavách pozemního personálu. |
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| Source | 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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