
Caption | Enterprise with with TBD and SBC aircraft parked on flight deck, circa 1940 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 19-N-29688 | ||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Added Date | 15 Sep 2006 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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15 Sep 2011 04:16:44 PM
Note the wide-open doors in the side of the hangar deck. This allowed planes to warm up engines before taking the elevator to the flight deck, hence clearing the deck at once. This proved to be a serendipitous tactical advantage when faced with the expert Japanese pilots, whose operations were somewhat hobbled by having to warm up topside.