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lt fritz division officer V-l division Aircraft movement and handling on the flight deck and aircraft elevators is the basic function of the Roof Rats of V-l Division. We are on the iob immediately and constantly, from the sounding of flight quarters- amidst high winds, noise level, hazards of iet intakes and exhaust, rotating propellers and all kinds weather. V-l Division personnel handle the iobs of elevator operators and phone talkers, maintain the LSO platform, clean and maintain the escalator, all preservation and painting of the entire flight deck and provide equip- ment and phone talkers for Flight Deck Control. For better efficiency and control the crew is divided into four groups. Fly One spots aircraft on the cats and all movements on the flight deck forward of the island. Fly Two handles all aircraft on the angle area and abreast the island and number two elevator. Fly Three moves all aircraft aft of the island and on and off number three elevator. The fourth group is Repair Eight which handles all aircraft emergencies, crash, salvage and iettison operations. During the entire cruise the Roof Rats are proud to say that they have done their iob in a professional manner-always 4.0 arresting gear 'front row fl. to r.J: vollmer i. m. an, templeton i. r. aa, cordell f. e. an, stern d.h. an, smith g.w. an, denman I. e. abh3, hannigan r. w. abh3, brecker d. e. aa. back row: kelley d. I. aa, ostroski g. d. an, brocks w. b. an, upchurch I. i. aa, spangler i.b. aa, lemmon w.f. abh2, swain h. g. aa, stoll t. a. an, smith j.b. abh3, johnson d. a. aa.
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From Salamis to Leyte, Pax Britan- nica and the theories of Mahan, sea power has been-and still is-essen- tial to national survival. Freedom of the seas is an older system than the nation-state. Wedding the need for a strong navy to 20th century tech- nology has produced the aircraft carrier. The history of LEXINGTON was pre- sented in the Introduction: the story of the Flying Team-Air and CAG-in the At Sea section. The following? pages present specifically the per- sonnel of the Air Department. These are the roots of our power-for the aircraft in the air is still rooted to the ground, plane and ship are indivisible in their mutual dependence. lcdr vail aircraft handling officer s
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