Does anyone happen to know if there are, and where I could find, some pictures of the USS Enterprise with a deckfull of planes trying to take off or land on the deck when the elevator was stuck in a down position?

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Navsource didn't have it. Have you trolled through Hazegray and Underway?

I've not seen a pic that fits that description.

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Thanks Jeff. To be honest I don't know if any even exist. I do know that for a short while the Enterprise was the only CV the US had in the Pacific and for a time due to bomb damage the elevator was stuck in the down position. The flight deck only got smaller as more planes landed before they could be taken to the hanger. I just think it would be a very powerful photograph to see planes taking off and landing with a huge hole in the deck.

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Anyone who clings to the historically untrue--and thoroughly immoral--doctrine that 'violence never solves anything'... Violence, naked force, has settled more disputes in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms." Robert Heinlein