File:USS Midway (CVB-41) during Operation Frostbite, March 1946.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-42) noses through scattered sea ice in March 1946, during her Arctic experimental cruise ("Operation Frostbite"). Photographed looking forward from the carrier's island, with Curtiss SB2C-4E/-5 Helldiver and Vought F4U-4 Corsair planes of Carrier Air Group 74 (CVBG-74) parked on her flight deck. The Helldivers visible were assigned to Bombing Squadron 74 (VB-74) "Bomb-a-Toms". A Gearing-class destroyer is steaming past in the background.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-10001 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current19:02, 21 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 19:02, 21 October 20165,758 × 4,531 (11.74 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
22:35, 13 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 22:35, 13 October 2007740 × 592 (110 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=USS Midway (CVB-42)n oses through scattered sea ice in March 1946, during her Arctic experimental cruise. Photographed looking forward from the carrier's island, with SB2C "Helldiver" and F4U "Corsair" planes parked on her fligh

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