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syscom3 said:
An armorer is working on the guns of a Dauntless. The caption said it was on the Ranger, so this could have been taken during its actions in the Atlantic as part of Operation Torch.

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Sys - Operation Torch had the gold band on the roundel with no "wings" on the insignia.
In this photo, there is a red border with the additional "wings" on the insignia which would place it between June 1943 and September 1943.
 
Greg Boeser said:
Not likely as the insignia is from mid '43 or later. (depends whether it is red or blue border)
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That's probably verachrome film or similar and given the shade behind the star, that will be a blue background, white star and red outline (you can see it's a different shade than the blue. So June 43 to Aug 43, give or take depending on the time available for repainting insignia.
 
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