Navy added strength to its "big carrier" campaign recently by booting two Lockheed P2V Neptunes off the deck of the carrier Coral Sea, lying off the Virginia Capes. It was the largest aircraft to leave a carrier's deck to date. When Commander T. D. Davies, famed for his command of the "Truculent Turtle" long-range flight, uncorked eight JATO bottles strapped to the fuselage of his P2V the plane was airborne after a half-deck run. No attempt was made to recover the planes.
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Aviation Week | November 15, 1948
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