john szalay wrote:

"a425couple" wrote in


The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."




IIRC: same as with the hanger deck catapult , out the side..

Rather than spam our newsgroup with ww2 stuff perhaps you could start
a new newsgroup for old technology...perhaps alt.old.technology.military.

just a suggestion
;-)