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This is the Yorktown, in 1940, leaving the US after stocking up on planes and supplies. The biplanes to the front are Grumman F3F "Hellcats", the early Hellcat - the F6F Hellcat monoplane had a similar robust boxy frame. In between was the F4F Wildcat, which got its lunch eaten. Nevertheless Grumman has done aviation proud over the years.
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To the back, dive bombers, Douglas SB series (e.g. Dauntless). This had a rear-facing gunner position. Also visible are TB series "Avengers", also Grumman - torpedo planes.
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You can see the complement of airplanes was about half-and-half between torpedo planes and bombers. No one had ever fought a carrier war so it was just a guess. All the planes on the deck of this ship are alreadly obsolete.
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