And what is a P-47 doing on an aircraft carrier anyway?
That is why i posted it here, heh, i was like "What is going on here?".
But apparently these are from 318th Fighter Group, 7th Fighter Command. As far as i know, these airplanes were transported by carriers to Saipan, and the P-47 taking off from the Carrier is making it's way to Saipan, 1944.
USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) came under enemy air attack on June 23, 1944 east of Saipan. Two fighter-bombers attacked her from dead ahead, dropping four bombs which missed their target — the Manila Bay was transporting 37 Army P-47 Thunderbolts from 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group and, as a precautionary and rather unusual move which Admiral Spruance later characterized as "commendable initiative," four of them were launched to fly protective CAP until radar screens were clear of contacts. The Army fighters then flew to Saipan, their intended destination.
