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Message Drop
A scout plane passes low over Enterprise CV-6's flight deck to drop a weighted message, 18 May 1942.
Source: James C. Barnhill

The flight deck crew prepares to receive a weighted message from a Dauntless scout plane, as it passes low over Enterprise CV-6, 18 May 1942. At this time, Task Force 16, with carriers Enterprise and Hornet CV-8, was racing eastward to prepare for anticipated action at Midway.


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