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CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 9:30:37 PM

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Larger planes.

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 9:37:36 PM

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Larger planes.

I'd hate to see them take evasive action with that kind of deck load!

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 11:02:22 PM

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looks like a disassembled C-47 towards the rear, and maybe a B-26?

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 11:06:40 PM

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That is a B-26 aft. neat pic.

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 11:23:14 PM

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Going from l to r it looks like a B26, C47, PV1 or 2, then the rest are Cats. I can't tell if it's just some splotch on the photo in the area of the C47/PV1 or another plane also looks tobe possibly something in front of the 1st Cat. I'm surprised the Cats aren't flying unless this is a post war going home type photo

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/27/2011 11:41:47 PM

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Odd to have a B-26 on deck. She was commissioned in January 1944 and didn't leave the Pacific until after the war (when she was decommissioned). The B-26 was gone from the Pacific theater long before she was finished. Maybe it's a picture from her shakedown cruise in which they on an aircraft transport exercise or transporting hulks around the west coast while in work up?

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/28/2011 1:29:44 AM

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Is this how the fleet carriers got replacement planes?

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/28/2011 1:46:16 AM

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Odd to have a B-26 on deck.� She was commissioned in January 1944 and didn't leave the Pacific until after the war (when she was decommissioned).� The B-26 was gone from the Pacific theater long before she was finished.� Maybe it's a picture from her shakedown cruise in which they on an aircraft transport exercise or transporting hulks around the west coast while in work up?

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The USMC and USN used a version of the B-26 as a target tug throughout the war.

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/28/2011 1:48:00 AM

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Yes, only they'd have numerous navy types on board (VR squadrons) & would fly off the needed plane or unload it at port & on it's merry way to the CV that needs it.

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RE: CVE ferrying duty - 1/28/2011 6:20:59 AM

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A number of the CVEs were used as ferries, and the larger fleet carriers would also cram as many planes in/on as they could when they were returning from stateside overhauls.

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