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Description 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.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo [1]; Official U.S. Navy photo NH 92500 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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