carriers

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I share with you some photos showing P-51 Mustangs on aircraft carriers. There was a naval version of this plane? To see the photos, visit the link below: Aviação em Floripa: Um P-51 Mustang navalizado Cheers.

What would the USN had done, had the USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Enterprise CV-6 been sunk/damaged at Pearl Harbor, leaving them with USS Saratoga CV-3, USS Ranger CV-4, USS Yorktown CV-5, USS Wasp CV-7 and USS Hornet CV-8? Mind you, the other carriers would still meet the same destiny, when...

And this should be without the advantages of hindsight, but perhaps with the knowledge of some of the more enlightened leadership. As an example, Yammamoto was a supporter of air power and would probably like to have seen more emphasis placed on carriers than battleships.