Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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CATAPULT AND ARRESTING GEAR CREW V-l DIVISION This crew operates and maintains the hydraulic catapults and arresting gear engines and their many component parts. Catapults literally shoot an air- craft off the carrier deck, regardless of the speed or directions of the wind. The arresting gear safely brings a landing airplane to a stop in the short land- ing space available. Vif. ' l ' Vf , t f f M ■i , ■ m i n r v

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FLIGHT DECK CREW-V-1 DIVISION TllK V-] FLIGHT DECK I iu w is composed of six units. There are five plane-handling crews who, along with the plane directors, tractor drivers and spotters, handle all traffic on the Bight deck. They are re- sponsible lor JMinching, landing and spotting of all aircraft. The sixth unit, Repair VIII, handles all flight deck emergencies such as fires and deck crashes. flfi if . «!. • f if iflf if 4 - ' i. 1 1 f ' f s f 3 9 , f. f ■ f .f r HANGAR DECK CREW The h uigeh deck crew is composed of plane han- the air group. The hangar deck crew is part of the dlers and plane directors who handle traffic on the V-l Division and works hand-in-hand with the hangar deck. They are responsible for spotting Flight Deck Crews. planes on the hangar deck for launching and landing -« ' 5? w — I ' « o ■«? ■ . ' +. 1 1 1

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V-2 DIVISION Thin di ision ' s responsibility is to have available the necessary shops, tools, parts and equipment for the complete maintenance of aircraft operating from the ship. Tins division is also responsible for the air department administration. JTj 1J TR V-3 DIVISION Tin: V-3 division is composed of two units, the Ord- nance Unit and the Gasoline Unit. It is the function of the V-3 Division to service the aircraft with ma- chine gun ammunition, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, pyrotechnics, gasoline and oil. The famed Rock of Gibraltar forms the background for this picture.