CVE ferrying duty

[m10bob]

Larger planes.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: m10bob

Larger planes.

I'd hate to see them take evasive action with that kind of deck load![X(]

[LeeChard]

looks like a disassembled C-47 towards the rear, and maybe a B-26?

[Schanilec]

That is a B-26 aft. neat pic.

[jcjordan]

Going from l to r it looks like a B26, C47, PV1 or 2, then the rest are Cats. I can't tell if it's just some splotch on the photo in the area of the C47/PV1 or another plane also looks tobe possibly something in front of the 1st Cat. I'm surprised the Cats aren't flying unless this is a post war going home type photo

[wdolson]

Odd to have a B-26 on deck.  She was commissioned in January 1944 and didn't leave the Pacific until after the war (when she was decommissioned).  The B-26 was gone from the Pacific theater long before she was finished.  Maybe it's a picture from her shakedown cruise in which they on an aircraft transport exercise or transporting hulks around the west coast while in work up?

Bill

[ilovestrategy]

Is this how the fleet carriers got replacement planes?

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Odd to have a B-26 on deck.  She was commissioned in January 1944 and didn't leave the Pacific until after the war (when she was decommissioned).  The B-26 was gone from the Pacific theater long before she was finished.  Maybe it's a picture from her shakedown cruise in which they on an aircraft transport exercise or transporting hulks around the west coast while in work up?

Bill

The USMC and USN used a version of the B-26 as a target tug throughout the war.

[jcjordan]

Yes, only they'd have numerous navy types on board (VR squadrons) & would fly off the needed plane or unload it at port & on it's merry way to the CV that needs it.

[Tracy White]

A number of the CVEs were used as ferries, and the larger fleet carriers would also cram as many planes in/on as they could when they were returning from stateside overhauls.