| Caption | Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) at Pier 7, Norfolk Operating Base, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Feb 1942. Note F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 3 and SBC-4 Helldiver I’s from Bombing Squadron 8. ww2dbase | ||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||
| Identification Code | 19-N-28429 | ||||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
| Added Date | 1 Jun 2019 | ||||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | ||||||||||
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