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PBY-5A in flight near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, 8 Mar 1942; note radar antennae under wings	P-43 Lancer fighter in flight near Esler Field, Louisiana, United States, 9 Mar 1942	Three PBY-5A Catalinas of Patrol Squadron VP-73 approaching Reykjavík, Iceland, 23 Mar 1942. Note the red and white rudder stripes that were authorized for barely four months.	Carrier Wasp in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, 25 Mar 1942; note SB2U-3 Vindicator, TBD-1 Devastator, and F4F-4 Wildcat aircraft on the flight deck

Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deck	Australian pilots of the No. 457 Squadron 'Grey Nurse' RAAF at RAF Station Redhill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Mar-May 1942	Canadian AS.10 Oxford aircraft at rest, Apr 1942	Flight deck of Akagi as seen from an aircraft that just took off from the carrier, Indian Ocean, Apr 1942; note D3A Type 99 dive bombers preparing for takeoff on the flight deck

Float variant of the Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher in flight, location unknown, Jan-May 1942	SBD Dauntless aircraft aboard USS Yorktown, Apr 1942	Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Apr 1942	TBD-1 Devastator and F4F-3 Wildcat aircraft parked on Enterprise's flight deck, Apr 1942

Two SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers of Scouting Squadron 5 flying by USS Yorktown (Yorktown-class) in the Coral Sea, Apr 1942. Note F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 42 and red & white rudder stripes in use only 4 months	USS Yorktown seen from a TBD-1 aircraft, Pacific Ocean, Apr 1942; note F4F-3 Wildcat fighter preparing for takeoff, and fleet oiler USS Guadaloupe, a destroyer, and a cruiser just beyond	Kittyhawk Mark I fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing through the scrub of the Libyan desert, 2 Apr 1942. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraft’s raised nose.	USS Wasp and USS Washington at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 4 Apr 1942

Aft flight deck of USS Hornet while en route to the launching point of the Doolittle Raid, Apr 1942; note USS Gwin and USS Nashville nearby	B-25 bomber on the aft flight deck of USS Hornet, Apr 1942; note USS Gwin in background	B-25 Mitchell and SBD Dauntless aircraft on the flight deck of USS Hornet, Apr 1942	B-25 Mitchell bomber and F4F-3 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck of USS Hornet while en route toward Japan, Apr 1942, photo 1 of 2