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Flightdeck Friday: Prelude to Midway - US Carrier-based Air

May 30th, 2008 3 Comments

Task Force 17 - Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Yorktown
Task Group 17.5 Carrier Group - CAPT Elliott Buckmaster
USS Yorktown (CV-5) CAPT Buckmaster
CVG-5 - LCDR Oscar Pederson
VS-5 LT Wallace Clark Short, Jr. 19 (17) x SBD-3
VF-3 LCDR John Smith Thach 27 (25) x F4F-4
VB-3 LCDR Maxwell Franklin Leslie 18 (17) x SBD-3
VT-3 LCDR Lance [...]

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