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File:Aircraft spotted on the forward flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) in April 1942.jpg

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Description Douglas SBD-2/-3 Dauntless dive bombers and a single Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter on the Enterprise. USS Enterprise (CV-6) (foreground) and the USS Hornet (CV-8) (background) sped towards Japan's Home Islands to launch the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942.
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Author William T. Barr, photographer's mate, USN

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