Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "USS Ranger - Guide 299" video.

  1. What's interesting is that the USN eventually decided that the Ranger and Wasp were too small to operate torpedo bombers and the their air group changed from the standard one squadron of fighters (VF) with F4F's, one squadron of scouts (VS) with SBD's, one squadron of bombers (VB) with SBD's (the scout and bomber squadrons trained identically and were, in practice, interchangeable) and one squadron of torpedo bombers (VT) with TBD's or TBF's to one consisting of two fighter, one scout and one and one bombenee r squadron. Every carrier also had an Air Group headquarters flight with one each of the type used by each squadron embarked, so the Ranger carried 2 F$F's and 2 SBD's in that. And selected carriers were designated as flagships and carried a flag flight, normally a SBD and a biplane amphibian J2F to attend conferences ashore. Both these aircraft were painted, a special glossy deep "Flag Officer Blue".
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