The Snapshots in Time Collection
Row of Folded-Wing Carrier Aircraft on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Era
A line of U.S. Navy carrier aircraft, likely Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, sit wings-folded on the flight deck of an escort carrier during World War II. Folding wings allowed these aircraft to be densely parked aboard the small decks and hangars of escort carriers, maximizing available space for air group operations. Project: 218389