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The Official History of Air Group Three, Part III: Combat Period While Aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10)

Description
This section of Air Group Three's official history covers their time aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Air Group Three was attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) from October 24, 1944, through March 1945
Collection
Pierre Grace Collection
Context
Air Group Three was one of the Carrier Air Groups or C.A.G.'s attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the Second World War. Air Group Three was attached to the USS Yorktown from October 24, 1944, through March 1945. A carrier air group is made up of three parts, a fighter squadron, a bombing squadron, and a torpedo squadron. Grace was the Air Group's historian.
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2023.76
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Nomenclature 4.0
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Report
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Administrative Records
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Documentary Objects
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Category 08: Communication Objects

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