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In article , "Keith W"
wrote:


Franklin was clearly in bad condition and bringing her back to flight
status
was not considered practical. But Bunker Hill suffered from a bad fire,


There are articles that suggest the precise opposite


http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...v17-bunkerhill
/cv17-bun
kerhill.html

States that Bunker Hill was put back into service between Sept 1945 and
January 1946
as a unit of TG 16.2 returning veterans from the PTO

Other records indicate she was repaired at Puget sound between June and Sept
1945

http://warlords.hobbyvista.com/history.htm

But she never again flew aircraft. She only served as a transport. This
makes me wonder if the repairs were incomplete.




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