File:Flight deck of USS Santee (CVE-29) in November 1942.jpg

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English: U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) during Operation Torch, the November 1942 invasion of North Africa. Note the yellow Operation Torch markings visible around the fuselage stars of some of these airplanes.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-470022 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR.

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