A Curtiss SB2C-5 <i>Helldiver</i> is about to be catapulted from the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS <i>Sicily</i> (CVE-118) off Piraeus, Greece in August 1949. <i>Sicily</i> loaded 42 <i>Helldiver</i>s at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA) for delivery to the Hellenic Air Force and left Norfolk on 31 July. Most of the planes were catapulted from the carrier and flown ashore by crews from the <i>Sicily</i> due to unusally bad weather and limited port facilities at Piraeus.
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