File:USS Rendova (CVE-114) at Gibraltar 1948.jpg
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English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Rendova (CVE-114) entering Gibraltar harbour in April 1948, with a deckload of aircraft, including North American T-6 Texan training planes to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CV-45), which was then on her 'round the World cruise from 9 October 1947 to 11 June 1948. Note the Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat fighters frim Fighter Squadrons VF-11A "Sundowners" (V-1XX) and VF-12A "Fighting Twelve" (V-2XX) in the foreground. |
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| Date | April 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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80-G-705546 |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-705546 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 10:20, 17 July 2022 | | 5,731 × 4,242 (9.77 MB) | Cobatfor | high-res file |
| 22:17, 27 March 2013 |  | 739 × 566 (244 KB) | Cobatfor | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS ''Rendova'' (CVE-114) entering Gibraltar harbour in April 1948, with a deckload of aircraft, including North American T-6 ''Texan'' training planes to be delivered to th... |
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