U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3/5 Dauntless dive bombers of composite squadron VC-29 lined up for launch from the escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29) during operations in the Atlantic. Armed with depth charges, the aircraft will fly antisubmarine patrol over the convoy ships visible in the background. As escort-scouting squadron VGS-29, the squadron also flew missions in support of the North Africa invasion in November 1942.

Antisubmarine patrol

Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) bombards Okinawa just before H-Hour on 1st April. 

Okinawa 1945

U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander James H. Flatley's F6F
Hellcat Fighter warming up on the deck of the USS Yorktown, preparing to attack Marcus Island, 31 August 1943. 