My uncle was about to exit the Navy when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He, of course, stayed in the Navy for the duration of the war. He flew off cruisers and battleships during the war, but I didn't know about any of that until a year or two before he passed away. I never got the chance to ask him about which aircraft he was in. I don't even know if he was a pilot or "aircrew", he was awfully closemouthed about it all, until he reached the age of 95, when he told me about some of it. He passed away last Thanksgiving. Heckuva nice guy, always.