To the Attack!
![Deck crew is launching a plane off of a carrier Deck crew is launching a plane off of a carrier](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/paintings-of-naval-aviation/to-the-attack/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1480346152908.jpg)
The glinting flash of the checkered flag, in the hand of the Flight Deck Officer...the thundering roar of smoothly harnessed horsepower...and a Grumman fighter races down the aircraft carrier's flight deck to take off into the wind. Even as it rolls forward, plane directors wave another into the take-off spot to follow in a matter of seconds. The torpedo and dive bombers will swing away in turn as the fighters rendezvous aloft to form a protective air umbrella.
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Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
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