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-1 Model A's or S2F's-both are expertly handled by the men of V-l Division. Colorful V-l's primary responsibilities, of course, are with aircraft. They spot and check all topside planes and helos, exercise fire prevention and control during landing operations, and tend to general flight deck maintenance. However, as operators of the ship's cranes and elevators, V-l is also in charge of many other functions-such as loading and unloading of automobiles. They're the ones who keep you on pins and needles when your old horseless carriage is suspended on hooks some 50-feet in the air. 5 'fwvff , -, f, ,, V'--mwzqsaggtv
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X- ,,,, n ,,,, , .M .A.iI' Eepartnlent Service to the Squadrons is the by-word of the Air Department per- sonnel, Whose job it is to get our planes on and off the ship as swiftly and safely as possible. Under CDR Hugh M. Garvey, the department is at a strength of nearly 300 men. Most of them can be found scurrying about the flight deck and hangar deck garbed in any of a half-dozen bright colored jerseys. There are a hundred-and-one different jobs they perform. Many of the 1 ne ushers. slingshot artists, men have such occupational titles as p a p gas iockeys and the like. They all form an important part o W a is c Theirs is the responsibility of carrying out the ship's primary function launching and recovering aircraft. f h t ' alled the Airdale Navy.
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omg Z if t X Q ff ,, In iw, X , C , , ff f f, ' f V 1 it V ,, i wi, . . t. 1 , ,, Z fl V . 3 My V , , ,,, I ,J n if ff K A wo ff ,gn ,iz Q , W 2 ,. f , f If , , 1 7? t., 1' X f X l f f f fy' 7? ggi, , af The thin, moaning voice of pressure pumps suddenly rises to a scream. Gauges flicker into life and then snap to attention This is the signal that the Cat is ready. After a moment's pause, comes an explosive hiss of cables . . . another plane is airborne, thanks to V-2 Division. Responsibility for the catapults is only half of V-2's job-the other is operating the arresting gear which snaps the planes to a screeching halt upon touchdown. - When not operating their machinery, the guys in green, spend many long hours checking and maintaining it to assure sate takeofls and recoveries the next time flight quarters is sounded. l
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