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| Keywords: Wildcats and Spitfires on USS Wasp (CV-7) in April 1942.jpg U S Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat from Fighting Squadron 71 VF-71 and Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc of No 603 Squadron RAF on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV-7 on 19 April 1942 Having landed her torpedo planes and dive bombers at Hatson in Orkney UK Wasp had loaded 47 Spitfires of No 603 Squadron at Glasgow on 13 April then departed on the 14th for Operation Calendar Wasp and her consorts passed through the Straits of Gibraltar under cover of the pre-dawn darkness on 19 April At 04 00 hrs on 20 April Wasp spotted 11 Wildcats on her deck and launched them to form a combat air patrol Meanwhile the Spitfires were warming up their engines and later launched for Malta When the launch was complete Wasp retired toward Gibraltar http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 56113 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7386 029 1942-04-19 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat Supermarine Spitfire Mark V No 603 Squadron RAF Aboard USS Wasp CV-7 World War II on the Mediterranean Sea | ||||
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